Lectures Program

Common trunk of knowledge

Regardless which minor is chosen by the student, they will follow together a common lectures series that provide the theoretical foundation of the domain. A particular attention is given to the following topics:

• Historical elements of free and open source software culture;
• Impact of standard copyright and contract laws on networked media;
• Proto-copyleft art and design practices;
• free culture and free knowledge licenses;
• Piracy, remix, appropriation and authorship;
• Ethics and etiquette of participation in online communities;
• DIY, DIWO and DITO.