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Digital barbarism : a writer's manifesto
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Digital barbarism : a writer's manifesto

Author: Mark Helprin
Publisher: New York : Harper, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Mark Helprin anticipated that his 2007 New York Times op-ed piece about the extension of the term of copyright would be received quietly, if not altogether overlooked. Within a week, the article had accumulated 750,000 angry comments. He was shocked by the breathtaking sense of entitlement demonstrated by the commenters, and appalled by the breadth, speed, and illogic of their responses. Helprin realized how  Read more...
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Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mark Helprin
ISBN: 9780061733116 0061733113
OCLC Number: 232978004
Description: xvii, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The acceleration of tranquility : civilization and velocity --
Death on a red horse : the first targets of the barbarians are copyright and the individual voice --
Notes on Virginia : reclaiming Jefferson and taking care of Macaulay --
The espresso book machine : using machines to hold machines in check --
Property as a coefficient of liberty : property is not antithetical to virtue --
Convergence : wait as long as you want, it will not come --
Parthian shot : calling barbarism for what it is.
Responsibility: Mark Helprin.
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The copyright abolitionists, like the rest of their generation, were educated with a modern bias toward collaboration which has led them to denigrate individual efforts and in turn fueled their sense  Read more...

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