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- Larsson, Stefan, et al.
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Law, Norms, Piracy and Online Anonymity – Practices of de-identification in the global file sharing community
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing: Special Issue on Digital Piracy. - : Emerald. - 2040-7130. ; 6:4, s. 260-280
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose The purpose of this study is to better understand online anonymity in the global file-sharing community in the context of social norms and copyright law. The study describes the respondents in terms of use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) or similar services with respect to age, gender, geographical location, as well as analysing the correlation with file-sharing frequencies. Design/methodology/approach This study, to a large extent, collected descriptive data through a web-based survey. This was carried out in collaboration with the BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay (TPB), which allowed us to link the survey from the main logo of their site. In 72 hours, we received over 75,000 responses, providing the opportunity to compare use of anonymity services with factors of age, geographical region, file-sharing frequency, etc. Findings Overall, 17.8 per cent of the respondents used a VPN or similar service (free or paid). A core of high-frequency uploaders is more inclined to use VPNs or similar services than the average file sharer. Online anonymity practices in the file-sharing community depend on how legal and social norms correlate (more enforcement means more anonymity). Research limitations/implications The web-based survey was in English and mainly attracted visitors on The Pirate Bay’s web site. This means that it is likely that those who do not have the language skills necessary were excluded from the survey. Practical implications This study adds to the knowledge of online anonymity practices in terms of traceability and identification, and therefore describes some of the conditions for legal enforcement in a digital environment. Social implications This study adds to the knowledge of how the Internet is changing in terms of a polarization between stronger means of legally enforced identification and a growing awareness of how to be more untraceable. Originality/value The scale of the survey, with over 75,000 respondents from most parts of the world, has likely not been seen before on this topic. The descriptive study of anonymity practices in the global file-sharing community is therefore likely unique.
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- Larsson, Stefan, et al.
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On Legal Complexity: Between Law in Books and Planning in Practice
- 2013
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Ingår i: Social and Legal Norms: towards a socio-legal understanding of normativity. - Farnham, England : Ashgate Publishing. - 9781409453437 ; , s. 285-307
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter addresses the difference between the intentions of the law and its application by using mobile telephony infrastructure development in Sweden as a case. Three possible pitfalls for policy management in general are concluded and analyzed. The first pitfall deals with legal complexity, which may be a result of piecemeal changes to the governing legal bodies over a longer time and is here argued to be of relevance for issues of public participation and access to justice. Another problematic pitfall concerns when law is internally contradictory without any clear hierarchy, which is exemplified below. The third possible pitfall, which often is a point of focus in sociology of law, concerns when extra-legal factors interfere in the legal decision-making without this being pronounced or acknowledged. This means that economy and politics can affect the application of law to the extent that legal security and predictability is jeopardized. These three possible pitfalls in policy represent issues of general character in the legal government of land use and spatial planning, and are here analysed from a socio-legal perspective.
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- Larsson, Stefan, et al.
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Vindkraftsutbyggnaden - vem bestämmer och baserat på vilken kunskap?
- 2011
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Ingår i: Buller i blåsväder. - Lund : Ljudmiljöcentrum vid Lunds universitet. - 1653-9354. ; 11, s. 23-34, s. 23-34
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Rättssociologen Stefan Larsson tecknar vad han kallar en tankekarta runt beslutsprocesser och frågan om vem som bestämmer om vindkraften och på vilken kunskapsgrund detta görs. När det gäller beslutshierarkier beskriver Stefan Larsson vindkraftsutbyggnaden som en naturlig konflikt mellan nationella och lokala perspektiv, men menar att det är just kunskapstyperna som missas i debatten. Det är nämligen viktigt att skilja på den typ som har att göra med expertkunskap, som är av kalkylerande och optimerande karaktär, och därför ofta antar ett top-down-perspektiv, och den typ som är har sin bas i värdegrunder som kommuniceras fram, vilket förvisso oftare kan ses i en lokal kontext i vilken de nationella besluten måste implementeras.
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