The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System
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- Synopsis
- This relatively brief book tackles an expansive topic: Internet technology and its effect on our social, political and cultural future. For cultural historian and media scholar Vaidhyanathan (Copyrights and Copywrongs), the digital revolution is about far more than downloading music. Weaving an array of historical examples with prescient analysis, Vaidhyanathan takes the Internet battles common to most readers today-e.g., the well-publicized efforts of the recording industry to stop file-sharing; the practices of those who share music online-to craft a treatise on how technology highlights the eternal cultural struggle between "oligarchy and anarchy."
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 255 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780465089840
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/19/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Siva Vaidhyanathan
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Computers and Internet, Politics and Government, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- jnuttallphd
- Proofread By:
- Kenny Peyatt
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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