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Distributed Manufacturing in the Shanzhai-Schumpeterian Innovation State

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By comparing three cases of user innovation: the filesharing of copyrighted works, the design of 3-D printable firearms, and the manufacturing of legal highs, the paper asks what innovation regime corresponds to a future of “distributed manufacturing.” The provisional answer given to this question is the Shanzhai-Schumpeterian Innovation State. What characterizes this regime is that the legal grey zone has been turned into an incubator for innovation. The user is not just laboring for free; many are laboring under a withheld threat of fines or imprisonment. That being said, the self-image of many Internet pirates, DIY-gunsmiths, and psychonauts of standing in opposition to the powers that be, should not be taken at face value. The argument of the paper is rather that the subject position of the outlaw is integral to the Shanzhai-Schumpeterian Innovation State.

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Söderberg, J. (2016). Distributed Manufacturing in the Shanzhai-Schumpeterian Innovation State. In: Ferdinand, JP., Petschow, U., Dickel, S. (eds) The Decentralized and Networked Future of Value Creation. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31686-4_8

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