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You may redistribute, copy, or otherwise reuseremix this book provided that you do so for noncommercial purposes and credit professor lessig. Lawrence lessig, the most important thinker on intellectual property in the internet era the new yorker, masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the powerful few, the socalled big media. The beginning of this book stretches on a little and suffers for lessig. The nature and future of creativity, meaning free culture. How big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity published in paperback as free culture. If you follow me on facebook or twitter, you might have caught on that i recently got into the book free culture. Oscon july 24, 2002 1 creativity and innovation always builds on. Lawrence lessig, the most important thinker on intellectual property. How big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity by lawrence lessig 2004. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading free culture. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications.
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