Philippe Aigrain

Philippe Aigrain (15 July 1949 – 11 July 2021) was a French computer scientist, activist and researcher.

He was one of the directors of the Software Freedom Law Center in New York City and a cofounder of the French non-profit La Quadrature du Net. In 2003, he founded and directed Sopinspace, a solution provider for participatory democracy and public debate using the Internet.

Theory about sharing and open access

Works

• Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age, 2012, Amsterdam University Press
• Internet & création: comment reconnaître les échanges hors-marché sur internet en finançant et rémunérant la création ? (2008)
• Cause commune: l'information entre bien commun et propriété (2005)

References

External links

• Entry at the P2PFoundation page
• Philippe Aigrain: Striking a Blow for Digital Freedom