Penguin Press HC, The 2008 Later Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Remainder mark on bottom edge.; 8.4 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches; 352 pages.

New York: Penguin Press, Date: 2008. xxii, 327 pages; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. Fine DJ. "The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children-and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form-with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable 'hybrid economy.' Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war-a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America's copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists' creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions. For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws. Some of today's most talented artists are felons, and so are our kids, who see no reason why they shouldn't do what their computers and the Web let them do, from burning a copyrighted CD for a friend to "biting" riffs from films, videos, songs, etc and making new art from them. Criminalizing our children and others is exactly what our society should not do, and Lessig shows how we can and must end this conflict-a war as ill conceived and unwinnable as the war on drugs. By embracing ...

ISBN10: 1594201722, ISBN13: 9781594201721, [publisher: Penguin Press HC, The] Hardcover Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008]

Penguin Publishing Group, Date: 2008. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2008. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 1594201722 9781594201721 [US]

ISBN10: 1594201722, ISBN13: 9781594201721, [publisher: Penguin Press HC, The] Hardcover Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 1594201722, ISBN13: 9781594201721, [publisher: Penguin Press HC, The] Hardcover
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 1594201722 9781594201721 [US]

Penguin Press HC, The, Date: 2008-10-16. Hardcover. New. 5x1x8. 2008. Penguin Press HC, The ISBN 1594201722 9781594201721 [US]

ISBN10: 1594201722, ISBN13: 9781594201721, [publisher: Penguin Press HC, The] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]