Napster's Mediations

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Publication date 29-10-2024
Journal Fast Capitalism
Volume | Issue number 21 | 1
Pages (from-to) 18-26
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract While Napster has often been understood as a force for disintermediation, this essay examines three possible levels that Napster could be theorized as engaged in mediation: the level of protocol, the level of interface, and the level of culture. Each has implications for how we understand the politics of Napster, and peer-to-peer more generally.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.32855/fcapital.2024.004
Published at https://fastcapitalism.journal.library.uta.edu/index.php/fastcapitalism/article/view/501
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