An impassioned, darkly amusing look at how corporations misuse copyright and trademark law to stifle creativity and free speech.

  

Anyone who cares about protecting the vitality of art and democratic culture in the digital age should read this important book.
—Pete Seeger
         

Contents

PART ONE:   Art and Culture: Use Only as Directed
         1 The Crusade to Lock Up Music
         2 Creativity and Captive Art
         3 Appropriating the People's Culture

PART TWO:   Trademarking Public Life
         4 Trademark Owners Whine, "No Making Fun of Me!"
         5 The Corporate Privatization of Words
         6 Property Rights in Public Image

PART THREE:   The Copyright Wars against an Open Society
         7 The Theft of the Public Domain
         8 Stifling Public Dialogue through Copyright
         9 The DMCA's Attacks on Free Speech

PART FOUR:   Absurd New Frontiers of Control
         10 The Quest for Perfect Control
         11 Intellectual Property Goes Over the Top
         12 Just Kidding or Dead Serious?

CONCLUSION:   Reclaiming the Cultural Commons

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