Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age

from TeaTimeCoder

Really interesting to read how artists and publishers see the issue of copyright and sales and what their hopes are, written by someone with a good grasp of technology.

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Information doesn't WANT anything. Creators want to create. Business people want to make money. Investors want high profits.... People can want things. Information can't, but the question of who controls information is really what this book is about. Doctorow's main point is that our current copy...

from lquilter

Doctorow writes a book(-ish) length essay expanding on his central themes of copyright and DRM, and how to empower authors. A summary and recapitulation rather than new ideas, but a quick read and an informative polemic for creators and those interested in economics of information.

from Lindoula

He does a great job explaining problems with the current model, but gives only broad strokes of a possible alternative. I'd have liked to see more discussion of proposals for alternatives.

from jasonli

Interesting facts about DRM and copyright in the internet age, but short of actually-useful information for creators.