Masayuki Hatta (八田 真行, born 1979, Japanese) is an assistant professor of Economics at the Facaulty of Economics, Surugadai University in Saitama, Japan. Trained as an economist/organizational theorist, Hatta writes and talks extensively about the so-called intellectual property issues and software licensing in particular. He is also a journeyman hacker (a GNU and Debian developer), an avid supporter of the Free Software cause and a vocal advocate for hacktivism and the freedom of internet in general. Currently he resides in the suburb of Tokyo, Japan. He also serves as a visiting research fellow at Centre for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan, a board member of Movements for Internet Active Users (MIAU) and a founding member of Open Knowledge Foundataion Japan. He was formerly a research fellow at Institute of Intellectual Property of Japan (2010-2011).

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