The Piracy Years: Internet File Sharing in a Global Context - Hardcover

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Holger Briel is currently Dean of the School of Culture and Creativity at the joint Hong Kong Baptist-Beijing Normal University in Zhuhai, China. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Cultural Theory from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his research interest lie in media and cultural studies, philosophy and digital social sciences. He is also a correspondent for several international newspapers. For many years, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies and on numerous journal boards. In 2021, he was the recipient of National South Korean Senior Fellowship in Cultural Studies. In recognition of his expertise in global education, he has also been elected to many national education supervisory bodies, and holds a membership in the EU Council for Higher Education He is currently working on a volume on changing visual regimes in the 21st century.

Michael D High is Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Media and Communication at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. His research interests are media piracy, Hollywood cinema, American popular culture, and digital fandom. His research papers have appeared in the International Journal of Communication and Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media. He also has contributed book chapters to edited collections published Wiley-Blackwell and Routledge.

Markus Heidingsfelder, PhD, is Associate Professor of Media Studies, Division of Humanities & Social Sciences, United International College Zhuhai. His work has appeared in Soziale Systeme, Zeitschrift fr Semiotik, Kybernetes, Systems Research & Behavioral Science, Cybernetics & Human Knowing, among others. His most recent books are: Trump - beobachtet (Springer 2020), Corona - Weltgesellschaft im Ausnahmezustand (Ed., w. M. Lehmann, Velbrck 2020), George Spencer-Browns Design with the NOR. With Related Essays (Ed., w. S. Roth, L. Clausen, K. B. Larsen, Emerald 2020).