Content Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future |
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Author:
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ISBN: | 978-1-892391-81-0 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
Publisher: | Tachyon Publications
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Hailed by Bruce Sterling as a 'political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,' Cory Doctorow is the Web's most celebrated high-tech pop-culture maven. Content is the first collection of Doctorow's infamous articles, essays, and polemics. Here's why Microsoft should stop treating its customers as criminals (through relentless digital-rights management); how America chose copyright and Happy Meal toys over jobs; why Facebook is...
More DescriptionHailed by Bruce Sterling as a 'political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,' Cory Doctorow is the Web's most celebrated high-tech pop-culture maven. Content is the first collection of Doctorow's infamous articles, essays, and polemics. Here's why Microsoft should stop treating its customers as criminals (through relentless digital-rights management); how America chose copyright and Happy Meal toys over jobs; why Facebook is taking a faceplant; how Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; and, of course, why free e-books kick ass. Accessible to geeks and noobs (if you're not sure what that means, it's you) alike, Content is a must-have compilation from Cory Doctorow, who will be glad to take you along for the ride as he effortlessly surfs the zeitgeist.