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  14   <title>Free Culture</title>
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  18   <para>
  19 Lawrence Lessig
  20   </para>
  21
  22   <para>
  23 How big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and
  24 control creativity
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  26
  27   <para>
  28 <quote><citetitle>Free Culture</citetitle> is an entertaining and
  29 important look at the past and future of the cold war between the
  30 media industry and new technologies.</quote> &mdash; <emphasis>Marc Andreessen,
  31 cofounder of Netscape</emphasis>
  32   </para>
  33
  34   <para>
  35 <quote>America needs a national conversation about the way in which
  36 so-called <quote>intellectual property rights</quote> have come to
  37 dominate the rights of scholars, researchers, and everyday citizens. A
  38 copyright cartel, bidding for absolute control over digital worlds,
  39 music, and movies, now has a veto over technological innovation and
  40 has halted most contributions to the public domain from which so many
  41 have benefited. The patent system has spun out of control, giving
  42 enormous power to entrenched interests, and even trademarks are being
  43 misused. Lawrence Lessig's latest book is essential reading for anyone
  44 who want to join this conversation. He explains how technology and the
  45 law are robbing us of the public domain; but for all his educated
  46 pessimism, Professor Lessig offers some solutions, too, because he
  47 recognizes that technology can be the catalyst for freedom. If you
  48 care about the future of innovation, read this book.</quote> &mdash;
  49 <emphasis>Dan Gillmor, author of <citetitle>We the media</citetitle>,
  50 an book on the collision of media and technology</emphasis>
  51   </para>
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  53   <para>
  54 <quote><citetitle>Free Culture</citetitle> goes beyond illuminating
  55 the catastrophe to our culture of increasing regulation to show
  56 examples of how we can make a different future. These new-style heroes
  57 and examples are rooted in the traditions of the founding fathers in
  58 ways that seem obvious after reading this book. Recommended reading to
  59 those trying to unravel the shrill hype around <quote>intellectual
  60 property.</quote></quote> &mdash; <emphasis>Brewster Kahle, founder of the
  61 Internet Archive</emphasis>
  62   </para>
  63 </chapter>