miller et all, argue that abor theory of consumption" is needed onsumpti on not production is the very place to elaborate a set labor ri ts suited to the creative industries and the kn owledge econ- omy. The y argue that consumption itself generates ownership in var 1ou of one's own labor of consumption and that this ownership property Activism eeds protection just as much as do other forms of needs t regroup and therefore citizenship around consumer rights: Politics attends the reading of Harry Potter Polic needs to take seriously the consequences of redaction: "cu- policy must recognise that every act of consumption is an ac of authorship," while every act of authorship in any medium is more recombination than it is to a spurious originary akin to translation and act.'' work that audiences and fans do, from reading to rewriting, adds Furthermore, the very practices of commodity. value to the creative the plebiscite render audiences themselves into IP to be sold on to advertisers. Miller and his colleagues argue that these authorial practices of the consumer need to form the basis of new forms of cultural politics, policy and law.