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About Miriam Clinton

Miriam Clinton (nee Rainsford) is a composer, graphic and interactive artist, active with the UK Campaign for Digital Rights and Creative Commons project.

Articles by Miriam Clinton

Tuesday 27th September

The Internet Library: rip, mix or burn?

Miriam Clinton, 27 September 2005

The powerful distribution mechanisms of the networked world, particularly peer-to-peer file sharing, present a unique challenge to the rule of law. But at present no one will meet that challenge. While filesharers will not compromise on ultimate freedom, corporations cannot see past the bottom line. The result is bad news for posterity, writes Miriam Clinton

Friday 9th January

P2P: revolution or evolution?

Miriam Clinton, 9 January 2004

The language of anarchy used by Siva Vaidhyanathan to describe peer-to-peer networks cannot capture the nature of the change they represent – no less than the birth of a new epoch of culture.