Sandy Starr

Sandy Starr is Public Relations Officer of spiked, and also coordinates this online publications coverage of information technology issues.

Taking the anarchists to task

In the first of his openDemocracy essays on peer-to-peer technology, Siva Vaidhyanathan presents a neutral view of information oligarchs and information anarchists; and in the second of his essays he

By Sandy Starr

/ 16 Jul 2003

The people vs. copyright: summary, response, and next steps

The debate on The People vs Copyright in openDemocracy was kicked off by Bill Thompson, James Crabtree and Paul Hilder. In their introductory article, they have described the clash over

By Sandy Starr

/ 30 Jul 2002

Copyright: decide it in the open

Advances in technology have made the enforcement of copyright increasingly difficult, and many foresee a future where copyright will be undermined. Depending on who youre talking to, this will

By Sandy Starr

/ 4 Jun 2002