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The anarchist in the library : how the clash between freedom and control is hacking the real world and crashing the system
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The anarchist in the library : how the clash between freedom and control is hacking the real world and crashing the system

Author: Siva Vaidhyanathan
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2004.
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"The recording industry has sued the music downloaders into submission, but as a model of communication, their effects still echo around the world. The proliferation of such peer-to-peer networks may appear to threaten many established institutions, and the backlash against them could be even worse than the problems they create. Their effects - good and bad - resonate far beyond markets for music. They are altering  Read more...
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Vaidhyanathan, Siva.
Anarchist in the library.
New York : Basic Books, c2004
(OCoLC)607052971
Online version:
Vaidhyanathan, Siva.
Anarchist in the library.
New York : Basic Books, c2004
(OCoLC)631278428
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Siva Vaidhyanathan
ISBN: 0465089844 9780465089840
OCLC Number: 53901452
Description: xvii, 253 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Public noises --
The ideology of peer-to-peer --
Hacking the currency --
The peer-to-peer revolution and the future of music --
A work in progress or the final edit? --
Imagineering --
Culture as anarchy --
The perfect library --
The anarchy and oligarchy of science and math --
The nation state versus networks --
The empire strikes back --
Conclusion : the heartbreak of oligarchy and anarchy.
Responsibility: Siva Vaidhyanathan.
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Vaidhyanathan uses examples ranging from ancient religions to open-source software to show how this battle will be one of the defining fault lines of 21st century civilization. His radical  Read more...

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