A report on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age considers the challenges being faced by small artists and posed by large corporations, exploring pitfalls and opportunities to reveal evolving Internet business models.
In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, CoryDoctorows Information Doesnt Want to BeFree takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digitalage. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant recordlabels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls andthe opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confrontingtoday. An essential read for anyone with a stake in thefuture of the arts, Information DoesntWant to Be Free offers a vivid guide to the ways creativity and theInternet interact today, and to what might be coming next.
