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.