Revenge of the "nerds": Collective action against intellectual property maximalism in the global information age

International Studies Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-85

  Sell, Susan K ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNET; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876146100     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/misr.12021     Document Type: Article

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