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Information Doesn't Want To Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
By Doctorow, Cory
- ISBN
- 9781940450285
- Publisher
- McSweeney's
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Starred Review on December 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
Doctorow (Pirate Cinema; Little Brother; Rapture of the Nerds) mentions so many past careers in this title that he's hard to describe. Suffice to say that his history makes him an authority on the creation, sale, distribution, and consumption of various kinds of artistic media. Here the author distills the benefit of his experiences into three laws, to wit: digital locks are not for the benefit of the creators of the material they "protect"; "Fame Won't Make You Rich, But You Can't Get Paid Without It"; and "...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
