- Title : Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
- Author : Lawrence Lessig
- Rating : 4.65 (447 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-5-12
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 368 Pages
- Asin : 1594200068
- Language : English
35,000 first printi. A new study on the social dimension of creativity examines the destruction of the larger public domain of ideas, assessing the creative and innovative repercussions of America's long terms of copyright, as well as the impact of new technologies, big media, and cultural monopolies on our freedom to create, construct, and imagineMarianne, having the
35,000 first printi. A new study on the social dimension of creativity examines the destruction of the larger public domain of ideas, assessing the creative and innovative repercussions of America's long terms of copyright, as well as the impact of new technologies, big media, and cultural monopolies on our freedom to create, construct, and imagineMarianne, having the most intellectual brain of the three is a physics and math whiz. To me, the book gave nothing except for annoyance. I am currently following a LCHF eating plan and I have heard this described as a must. We get to know him better as Jane does, both through his actions and through a peek into his history. It will not be so for everyone, the humor is dark and hidden.I found this book very entertaining. The remainder of the book reads more like a report on the author's experiments in evolutionary computing.It is important to note that Goldberg's book does not cover Evolutionary Strategies, which I have found to be a more fruitful approach since it is specifically designed for Euclidean space where many if not most interesting optimization problems are formulated in.Finally, I offer bit of advice for those who plan to read through this book. The best thing I can say about this book is that after reading through it quickly initially, I have over the past few weeks dipped into it on a regular basis while preparing for my next network or business meeting. If all you need or want is a general overview of these ceramic applications this is the book for you. "Operation Desert Light:Standing Up for Those Caught in the Middle East Crossfire"written byBrother AndrewHe debunks the myth that draconian new copyright enforcement is needed to combat the entertainment industry's expanded definition of piracy, and chillingly assesses the direct and collateral damage of the copyright war. Copyright law in the digital age has become a hot topic, thanks to millions of music downloaders and the controversial, high-profile legal efforts of the music industry to stop them. . From Publishers Weekly From Stanford law professor Lessig (Code; The Future of Ideas) comes this expertly argued, alarming and surprisingly entertaining look at the current copyright wars. Lessig also offers a very personal look into his failed Supreme Court bid to overturn the Copyright Term Extension Act, a law that added 20 years to copyright protections largely to protect Mickey Mouse from the public domain. In clear, well-paced prose, Lessig illustrates how corporations atte
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