Vaidhyanathan, Siva

The anarchist in the library : how the clash between freedom and control is hacking real world and crashing the system / Siva Vaidhyanathan - New York : Basic Books, 2004 - xvii, 253 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Information technology--Social aspects.
Information technology--Political aspects.
Internet--Social aspects.
Internet--Political aspects.
Information society.
Tecnología de la información--Aspectos sociales.
Tecnología de la información--Aspectos políticos.
Política cultural.
Internet--Aspectos sociales.
Internet--Aspectos políticos.
Sociedad de la información.

T 58.5 / V128a 2004

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