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Published Nov 2014
164 pages
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment
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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.
"Starred Review. Doctorow has spoken and written on these issues many times before but never quite so persuasively. Required reading for creators making their ways through the new world." - Kirkus
"Starred Review. Equal parts manifesto and field guide, Doctorow's primer for artists and creators delivers a healthy dose of clarity to the debate." - Publishers Weekly
"Filled with wisdom and thought experiments and things that will mess with your mind." - Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book and American Gods
"Cory Doctorow has been thinking longer and smarter than anyone else I know about how we create and exchange value in a digital age." - Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock and Program or Be Programmed
"Author, Internet guru, and practical philosopher Cory Doctorow gives hard-headed advice about how to gain fame and fortune using the Internet. Along the way, he explains a great deal about the hidden workings and dangers of modern technology. Whether you want to make money online or just surf safely, there's much to learn in this fast-moving and entertaining narrative." - Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist, and blogger, as well as the coeditor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of young adult novels like Homeland, Pirate Cinema, and Little Brother and novels for adults including Rapture of the Nerds and Makers. The former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and cofounder of the U.K. Open Rights Group, he lives in London.
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