| Title: |
The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World. |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Lessig, Lawrence |
| Availability: |
Random House, Inc., 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 ($30). Tel: 800-726-0600 (Toll Free); Tel: 212-782-9000; Fax: 800-659-2436 (Toll Free); e-mail: pubeasycustsvc@randomhouse.com; Web site: http://www.atrandom.com. |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
335 |
| Publication Date: |
2001 |
| Document Type: |
Book; Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: |
Censorship; Computers; Copyrights; Futures (of Society); Information Dissemination; Information Industry; Information Scientists; Intellectual Freedom; Intellectual Property; Internet; Patents; Technological Advancement |
| Geographic Terms: |
U.S.; New York |
| ISSN: |
3755-5057 |
| Abstract: |
Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig asserts that laws concerning copyright and the Internet have a negative impact on the expression and dissemination of ideas and innovation. Unlike other technologies, the Internet's historical design and technical structure produced an environment that was creative, protected, and free--a place in which new ideas were created from the recombination of music, entertainment, art, and science. Over time, legal structures have arisen that hamstring creativity on the Internet by placing the interests of copyright and patent holders, and large conglomerates over public interests in a free marketplace of ideas. (Includes an index.) (Contains 580 notes including references.) (DSP) |
| Journal Code: |
RIEDEC2002 |
| Entry Date: |
2002 |
| Accession Number: |
ED465378 |
| Database: |
ERIC |