I wasted a good part of a tree the other day, but it was worth it (and I
did use scrap paper, I swear). But I got to read something hot off the
press (released just March 25th by Penguin) on a topic which concerns us
all -- copyright and fair use and the future of intellectual property on
the Internet. The book is fairly US-oriented in its historical take on
the subject - especially when the author gets into the case he brought
before the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of Congress
continuing to extend the length of the copyright period (was that what
the original framers really intended?) - but it's about more, much more
than just that. Even those of you abroad will find something of
interest here. After all, the Internet is international. The U.S. is
influential, but it doesn't control the world (not yet, at least...) By
the way, Lessig is a law professor at Stanford with a very impressive
resume behind him, but he's managed to write in a very accessible style.
So check out:
<<Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down
Culture and Control Creativity>>
by Lawrence Lessig
I first heard about this book via the Librarian's Book Club (see
forwarded message down below) -- which is also something that should
interest you (if you don't already know about it).
Anyway, I couldn't put Lessig's book down. It might not answer some of
the nitty-gritty questions that get asked on LM_NET on a regular basis,
but it will give you a framework within which to consider them.
And my apologies if this information has already been posted. LM_NET is
such a swift-moving stream that it's hard to keep track of what's gone
past and what hasn't.
-- Katie Day
Primary School Librarian
Dulwich International College
Phuket, Thailand
kday@dulwich.ac.th
kbday@cscoms.com
-----Original Message-----
From: lbc-owner@creighton.edu [mailto:lbc-owner@creighton.edu] On Behalf
Of Troy Johnson
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:08 AM
To: lbc@creighton.edu
Subject: [lbc] It's Official
As of now the LBC is on a two month reading schedule. This is to allow
more
time for people to read and obtain the books. The April selection of
"Free
Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture
and
Control Creativity" is now the book for April-May. The next book we will
select will be for June-July.
I have been reading "Free Culture" and finding it very interesting. I
really
do believe this book is a must read for all librarians. You can download
a
free pdf copy of the entire book at www.librariansbookclub.org
<http://www.librariansbookclub.org/> .
I will be sending out questions and comments about the book during the
first
week of April.
Regards,
Troy Johnson
================================
NB: Lessig's book is also available at
http://free-culture.org/freecontent/
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