Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594200068 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good, current and readable This is the third in a series of books by Professor Lessig. The Future of Ideas and Code were excellent in setting the context of the debate about intellectual property. But this book adds to those significant contributions. The author has an interesting ability to bring in anecdotes that enliven his narrative. He also is able to relate in. Interesting book I learned a lot about copyright law that I was completely unaware of before. This book also really changed the way I think about intellectual property.. Take Back Your Creative Rights "Free Culture" is an amazing look at the battle over both creativity and culture in America today. Using wonderfully insightful examples, Lessig demonstrates how the past has formed the future, and how the present knee-jerk responses lawmakers have over new technology and their interests in special interest lobbyists (RIAA, MPAA anyone?) h
A new study on the social dimension of creativity examines the destruction of the larger public domain of ideas, assessing the creative and innovative repercussions of America's long terms of copyright, as well as the impact of new technologies, big media, and cultural monopolies on our freedom to create, construct, and imagine. 35,000 first printi
All rights reserved. He debunks the myth that draconian new copyright enforcement is needed to combat the entertainment industry's expanded definition of piracy, and chillingly assesses the direct and collateral damage of the copyright war. This is an important book. "Free Cultures are cultures that leave a great deal open for others to build upon," he writes. Copyright law in the digital age has become a hot topic, thanks to millions of music downloaders and the controversial, high-profile legal efforts of the music industry to stop them. From Publishers Weekly From Stanford law professor Lessig (Code; The Future of Ideas) comes this expertly argued, alarming and surprisingly en