</chapter>
-<chapter>
-<!-- Quotes from http://free-culture.cc/jacket/, trimmed to fit on one
- page, for use on the back page of the cover. -->
- <title></title>
- <para>
-<quote><citetitle>Free Culture</citetitle> is an entertaining and
-important look at the past and future of the cold war between the
-media industry and new technologies.</quote>
- </para>
-
- <para>
-— Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Netscape
- </para>
-
- <para>
-<quote>America needs a national conversation about the way in which
-so-called <quote>intellectual property rights</quote> have come to
-dominate the rights of scholars, researchers, and everyday citizens. A
-copyright cartel, bidding for absolute control over digital worlds,
-music, and movies, now has a veto over technological innovation and
-has halted most contributions to the public domain from which so many
-have benefited. The patent system has spun out of control, giving
-enormous power to entrenched interests, and even trademarks are being
-misused. Lawrence Lessig's latest book is essential reading for anyone
-who want to join this conversation. He explains how technology and the
-law are robbing us of the public domain; but for all his educated
-pessimism, Professor Lessig offers some solutions, too, because he
-recognizes that technology can be the catalyst for freedom. If you
-care about the future of innovation, read this book.</quote>
- </para>
-
- <para>
-— Dan Gillmor, author of <citetitle>Making the News</citetitle>,
-an upcoming book on the collision of media and technology
- </para>
-
- <para>
-<quote><citetitle>Free Culture</citetitle> goes beyond illuminating
-the catastrophe to our culture of increasing regulation to show
-examples of how we can make a different future. These new-style heroes
-and examples are rooted in the traditions of the founding fathers in
-ways that seem obvious after reading this book. Recommended reading to
-those trying to unravel the shrill hype around <quote>intellectual
-property.</quote></quote>
- </para>
-
- <para>
-— Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive
- </para>
-
-<!-- trick to avoid chapter whitespace at the top of this page, to
- have space for more text on one page. -->
- <?latex \pagebreak
-?>
-
+<chapter label="" id="c-about-this-edition">
+ <title>About this edition</title>
<para>
This edition of <citetitle>Free Culture</citetitle> is the result of
three years of volunteer work. The idea came from a discussion I had
transform it to PDF and EPUB. This was the start of the translation
project. The Docbook file improved over time, and build rules were
added to create both English and Bokmål versions. Finally, a call for
-volunteers went out to get help me with the translation.
+volunteers went out to help me with the translation.
</para>
<para>
Several people joined, and Anders Hagen Jarmund, Kirill Miazine and
Odd Kleiva assisted with the initial translation. Ralph Amissah and
-his SiSu versoin provide index entries. Morten Sickel and Alexander
+his SiSu version provided index entries. Morten Sickel and Alexander
Alemayhu helped with the figures, redrawing some of the bitmaps as
-vector images. Wivi Reinholdtsen, Ingrid Yrvin and Anna Kennedy did
-very valuable proofreading. Håkon Wium Lie helped me track down a
+vector images. Wivi Reinholdtsen, Ingrid Yrvin and Johannes Larsen
+did very valuable proofreading. Håkon Wium Lie helped me track down a
good replacement font without usage restrictions instead of the one in
-original PDF. The PDF typesetting is done using dblatex. dblatex was
+the original PDF. The PDF typesetting is done using dblatex, which we
selected over the alternatives thanks to the invaluable and quick help
from Benoît Guillon and Andreas Hoenen. Thomas Gramstad donated ISBN
numbers needed for distribution to book stores. The support of
-Lawrence Lessig helped me to complete the project - I am very thankful
-he had the original screen shots still available after 11 years.
+Lawrence Lessig helped me to complete the project – I am very
+thankful he had the original screen shots still available after 11
+years.
</para>
<para>
<para>
Published in English and Norwegian Bokmål 2015 by Petter Reinholdtsen
-with help from many volunteers. Typeset using dblatex with Crimson
-Text.
+with help from many volunteers. Typeset with dblatex using the font
+Crimson Text.
</para>
<para>
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