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on object, cultural products that could only be reproduced through mechanical means in the form of a physical object such as a book, vinyl or film were subjected to the same capitalistic production processes as any other commodity. outside of the confines of such relationships, today it is possible for all cultural productions that can be formulated as digital information to be freely and widely distributed, very easily edited and then re-distributed. the greatest obstacle to this becoming a reality is the rigid intellectual property laws that were based on the premise of mechanical reproduction and to date have been singularly developed and changed to ensure the continuing profitability of the “<a href="“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_industry”">culture industry</a>“_</p> <p>. even the title <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=978-0804744362" target="_blank">“Mapping Benjamin: Work of Art in the Digital Age” (Stanford University Press)</a>, which contains a reassessment of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin">benjamin</a>’s political views on the mechanical reproduction of works of art in the context of the contemporary facilities that digital reproduction offers, is featured through means of mechanical reproduction, without politicizing digital reproduction_</p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <a href="./index.html" target="_blank">. closed work: mapping benjamin: the work of art in the digital age_</a> is a work by <a href="http://httpdot.net/.-_-./" target="_blank">.-_-.</a> from the series <a href="./index.html" target="_blank">. closed work_</a></p> <p>. you can check the other works from the </a> from the series <a href="./index.html" target="_blank">. closed work_</a> series by <a href="http://httpdot.net/.-_-./" target="_blank">.-_-.</a> form the links above and also read about the <a href="./index.html" target="_blank">. closed work_</a> series <a href="./index.html">on the main 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