The future of ideas
Subtitle: the fate of the commons in a connected world
By: Lawrence Lessig
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780375505782; 9780375726446
Subjects: Intellectual property.; Copyright and electronic data processing.; Internet -- Law and legislation.; Information society.; Propriété intellectuelle.; Droit d'auteur et informatique.; Internet -- Droit.; Société informatisée.; Informatiemaatschappij.; Auteursrecht.; Databescherming.; Internet.
Description: In The future of ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the Internet revolution has produced a counterrevolution of potentially devastating power and effect. Creativity once flourished because the Net protected a commons on which innovators could experiment. But now, manipulating the law for their own purposes, corporations have established themselves as virtual gatekeepers of the Net while Congress, in the pockets of media magnates, has rewritten copyright and patent laws to stifle creativity and progress. Lessig weaves the history of technology and its relevant laws to make a lucid and accessible case to protect the sanctity of intellectual freedom. He shows how the door to a future of ideas is being shut just as technology is creating extraordinary possibilities that have implications for all of us.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.