Code: Version 2.0
by Lawrence Lessig
Publisher: Basic Books 2006
ISBN/ASIN: 0465039146
ISBN-13: 9780465039142
Number of pages: 424
Description:
Professor Lessig describes how managing copyright for the digital age will have an impact upon every individual in the future. As we develop and share digitial content how we protect or even abuse copyright will determine if the Internet and other digital technologies will improve information for the global citizen.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(4.1MB, PDF)
Similar books
Interfaces on Trial 2.0by Jonathan Band, Masanobu Katoh - The MIT Press
This book -- a follow-up to Band and Katoh's successful 1995 book Interfaces on Trial -- examines the debates surrounding the use of copyright law to prevent competition and interoperability in the global software industry in the last fifteen years.
(8044 views)
Open Content: A Practical Guide to Using Creative Commons Licencesby Till Kreutzer - Wikimedia
The intention is to provide interested individuals and organisations with practical guidelines for the use and application of open content licences: How do open content licences work? How do I choose the most suitable licence for my individual needs?
(5518 views)
Legal Aspects of the Information Societyby Malcolm Bain - FTA
Fundamental information for those who want to understand Free Software and how to contribute and benefit from it. Concepts like existing legal systems of software protection - copyright, patents, trademark, Copyleft and free licenses are covered.
(11015 views)
How Open Is the Future?by Marleen Wynants, Jan Cornelis - ASP-VUB Press
The book provides an open platform for a wide range of lawyers, journalists, artists, and activists to discuss the future of open-source and free software, the evolution, prospects, and issues of sharing knowledge and ideas through technology.
(15188 views)