Tag: intellectual property

• May 9, 2023

  Ten Demands to Break the Power of Big Tech and Establish Digital Ecosocialism

  

  Today, progressive capitalism is widely seen as the most practical solution to the rise of Big Tech. Yet these same progressives have failed to acknowledge the structural harms of capitalism, US-led tech colonization and the imperative of degrowth. We cannot burn down the walls of our house to keep ourselves warm. The only practical solution…
• August 28, 2022

  ‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices

  

  Michael Stead, Lancaster University and Paul Coulton, Lancaster University The software that runs John Deere tractors was successfully “jailbroken” at this year’s DEF CON hacker convention, enabling farmers to repair or retune their equipment without engaging with the company that sold them their vehicles. The hacker involved, who calls himself Sick Codes, was responding directly…