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About Sandy Starr

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

Articles by Sandy Starr

Wednesday 16th July

Taking the anarchists to task

Sandy Starr, 16 July 2003
Irresponsible behaviour on peer-to-peer networks will never be significant without intelligent public debate. ‘Anarchy’ on its own will not achieve anything but cynicism and draconian reaction. As for cultural diversity and ‘world music’, Sandy Starr argues that Siva Vaidhyanathan is deaf to the ‘celestial jukebox’ that everyone can share.
Tuesday 30th July

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

Sandy Starr, 30 July 2002
openDemocracy’s copyright debate has clarified an issue too often mired in unhelpful polarisation between radicals and conservatives.
Tuesday 4th June

Copyright: decide it in the open

Sandy Starr, 4 June 2002
The future of copyright is being decided behind closed doors, by representatives of a nervous industry given decision-making powers by equally nervous governments, eager to wash their hands of responsibility for arbitrating disputes.
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