“‘Pirate Philosophy’ explores how the development of various forms of so-called internet piracy is affecting ideas of the author, the book, the scholarly journal, peer review, intellectual property, copyright law, content creation and cultural production that were established pre-internet. To this end it contains a number of contributions that engage with the philosophy of internet piracy, as well as the emergence out of peer-to-peer file sharing networks of actual social movements - even a number of political ‘Pirate Parties’.1

So much so usual for a publication on the topic perhaps. What makes this issue of Culture Machine a little different is, firstly, its refusal to ascribe an intrinsic or essential value to piracy… ” Introduction to Pirate Philosophy by Gary Hall, Culture Machine, Vol. 10 (2009).

Pirate Philosophy (Version 1.0): Open Access, Open Editing, Free Content, Free/Libre/Open Media
Gary Hall

Piracy as a Business Force
Adrian Johns

For the Good of the Net: The Pirate Bay as a Strategic Sovereign
Jonas Andersson

Vapor Music
Don Joyce, Negativland

Crashing the Spectacle: A Forgotten History of Digital Sampling, Infringement, Copyright Liberation and the End of Recorded Music
Kembrew McLeod

Debord’s Nostalgic Algorithm
Alexander R. Galloway

Source Material Everywhere: The Alfred North Whitehead Remix
Mark Amerika

Liquid Theory TV
Gary Hall, Clare Birchall, Pete Woodbridge

New Cultural Studies: The Liquid Theory Reader
Gary Hall,  Clare Birchall