X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/text-free-culture-lessig.git/blobdiff_plain/fad8d58c3d97d79b67f3e396eae01244cd9bd06a..a5961d19d755b6b894fb159dae8601c76e54109a:/freeculture.xml diff --git a/freeculture.xml b/freeculture.xml index ef6724a..c0fdcea 100644 --- a/freeculture.xml +++ b/freeculture.xml @@ -15627,58 +15627,8 @@ grateful for her perpetual patience and love. - - - Quotes - - -Free Culture is an entertaining and -important look at the past and future of the cold war between the -media industry and new technologies.Marc Andreessen, -cofounder of Netscape - - - -America needs a national conversation about the way in which -so-called intellectual property rights 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. — -Dan Gillmor, author of Making the -News, an upcoming book on the collision of media and -technology - - - -Free Culture 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 intellectual -property.Brewster Kahle, founder of the -Internet Archive - - - - - - - + + About this edition This edition of Free Culture is the result of three years of volunteer work. The idea came from a discussion I had @@ -15846,7 +15796,7 @@ to get the latest version. 978-82-8067-010-6 - Digest size from lulu.com + US Trade size from lulu.com 978-82-8067-011-3