Information Doesnt Want to Be Free

Posted on 21 January 2017 by Cory Doctorow

In sharply argued, fast moving chapters, Cory Doctorow s Information Doesn t Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries and individuals are confronting today about how the old models have failed or found new footing, and about what might soon replace them An essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts, Information Doesn t Want to Be Free offers a vivid guide to the ways creativity and the Internet interact today, and to what might be coming next. Free Read Information Doesnt Want to Be Free By Cory Doctorow For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Doctorow expertly breaks down and illustrates just how much we lose societally by allowing intermediaries to stipulate things entirely outside of their business through lobbying and extortion of all parties involved It s a fascinating, multi faceted deep examination of digital rights, copyright, piracy, net neutrality, and the human tendency toward protecting our own interests at the detriment of everyone else including, unbeknownst to us, ourselves At first it made me angry, then it made me Doctorow expertly breaks down and illustrates just how much we lose societally by allowing intermediaries to stipulate things entirely outside of their business through lobbying and extortion of all parties involved It s a fascinating, multi faceted deep examination of digital rights, copyright, piracy, net neutrality, and the human tendency toward protecting our own interests at the detriment of everyone else including, unbeknownst to us, oursel...Cory Doctorow s Information Doesn t Want to be Free aims to be a 2014 successor to Lawrence Lessig s Free Culture , both authors writing about how modern copyright law restricts artistic expression and how art and copyright should function within the context of the Internet Where Lessig s expertise shows in his book s policy analysis, Doc...Short, topical, and full of great analogies about the Digital Age, copyright, and the changing nature of media consumption It s got a similar effect as TED talk short, filled with wisdom, and it leaves you with questions and a desire to do better.If you are a creator videos, art...Short title, quickly read Has some very good points Copyright is really something that is designed to bind corporations and some good ideas a blanket license scheme payable by ISPs users Has digressions Net Neutrality that I believe take away from the message Finally, has a pretty decent forwards and an epilogue summing things up.Read the audio book Wil Wheaton checked out from the library, and I was a bit irritated with the loud noises between section breaks Reading the book in an Short title, quickly read Has some very good points Copyright is really something that is designed to bind corporations and some good ideas a blanket license scheme payable by ISPs users Has digressions Net Neutrality that I believe take away from the message Finally, has a pretty decent forwards and an epilogue summing things up.Read the audio book Wil Wheaton checked out from the library, and I was a bit irritated with ...I think this is a book that everyone should read, but creative people such as authors, musicians, ect must read this book.An eye opening, thought provoking book length essay on copyright, the internet, and making a living in the creative arts today I feel like I finally understand the issues around how creators should think about the internet, free use, copyright, DRM A ...Despite it s lively style, this book is oppressive It has several threads, but it mainly explores the dismal consequences of the entertainment industry trying to impose copyright on the World Wide Web and on the world of digital communication generally.Doctorow favors copyright in principle and supports strategies that would allow creators and the entertainment industry to make a reasonable amount of money but he is hostile to strategies that make information flowdifficult,expensiv Despite it s lively style, this book is oppressive It has several threads, but it mainly explores the dismal consequences of the entertainment industry trying to impose copyright on the World Wide Web and on the world of digital communication generally.Doctorow favors copyright in principle and supports strategies that would allow creators and the entertainment industry to make a reasonable amount of money but he is hostile to strategies that make information flowdifficult,expensive, orvulnerable to malware.Along the way he offers advice for creators musicians, movie makers, freela...That was excellent interesting and engaging I listened to the entire thing in two big chunks and never got bored or sleepy in spite of the fact that I m basically perma tired I think everyone should read this, it s hugely important and it s a very easily understood look at the issue...Cory Doctorow sobejamente conhecido pela sua luta contra o copyright, com forma o em tecnologia e editor de um dos blogs internacionais mais influentes Boing Boing assim como com v rios livros publicados, muitos de forma independente, uma pessoa com uma vis o alargada do estado do copyright assim como das tecnologias que d o vida atual web Assim este livro surge num tom puramente ret rico, com base em toda a sua experi ncia pessoal acumulada ao longo das ltimas duas d cadas.Do lado Cory Doctorow sobejamente conhecido pela sua luta contra o copyright, com forma o em tecnologia e editor de um dos blogs internacionais mais influentes B...This book is an integral read for everyone I can t believe it took me so long to read it.

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21 January 2017

Cory Doctorow