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Publications

Here are the final reports of our expert initiatives. Publications as part of our Discussion Paper Series are under the 2nd tab. As far as possible, all publications starting 2011 include an interactive, comment-ready version as well. Please note that most of our publications are in German.

Final Report of the 3rd Initiative (English)

Regulatory Systems for Informational Goods

This publication is a translated and updated excerpt from the Final Report that was produced during the third Co:llaboratory Initiative, running from October 2010 until March 2011, dealing with Future Regulatory Systems for Immaterial Goods. The full report in German can be downloaded and ordered in print via the Co:llaboratory website at
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Final Report of the 4th Initiative

Privacy and Publicness

Do we need to re-define privacy? The fourth initiative's final report anylses the changes that the Internet has brought to privacy and publicness. It encompasses various perspectives and includes unique interviews, for example with the German Minister of the Interior.
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Final Report of the 3rd Initiative

Copyright in the Information Society

The third initiative of the Internet & Society Co:llaboratory researched the features of a copyright for the information regime of the 21st century in terms of a regulatory framework for intangible property. Order print copy (German)
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Final Report of the 2nd Initiative

Open Government

Open Government understands politics and administration as open value-added processes, which increase governmental legitimation and capacities by allowing participation of the civil society, experts and decentralized knowledge.
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Final Report of the 1st Initiative

Innovation Culture in the Digital Society

The first initiative examined the basis on the innovation culture in the information- and knowledge society. It aimed to create an understanding of the specific features and opportunities of the Internet and took the core values of our society into account.
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