The idealist: Aaron Swartz and the rise of free culture on the Internet

Now Justin Peters examines Swartz's life in the context of 200 years of struggle over the control of information. In vivid, accessible prose, The Idealist situates Swartz in the context of other "data moralists" past and present, from lexicographer Noah Webster to ebook pioneer Michae...

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1. Verfasser: Peters, Justin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Scribner [2016]
Ausgabe:First Scribner hardcover edition
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Zusammenfassung:Now Justin Peters examines Swartz's life in the context of 200 years of struggle over the control of information. In vivid, accessible prose, The Idealist situates Swartz in the context of other "data moralists" past and present, from lexicographer Noah Webster to ebook pioneer Michael Hart to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. In the process, the book explores the history of copyright statutes and the public domain; examines archivists' ongoing quest to build the "library of the future"; and charts the rise of open access, copyleft, and other ideologies that have come to challenge protectionist IP policies. Peters also breaks down the government's case against Swartz and explains how we reached the point where federally funded academic research came to be considered private property, and downloading that material in bulk came to be considered a federal crime.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 336 pages
ISBN:9781476767727

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