For more information, visit McSweeneys.net
?Filled with wisdom and thought experiments and things that will mess
with your mind." ? Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book and
American Gods
In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information
Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative
success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the
Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences?
This is a book about the pitfalls, and the opportunities, creative
industries (and individuals) are confronting today?about how the old
models have failed or found new footing, and about what might soon
replace them. An essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of
the arts, Information Doesn't Want to Be Free offers a vivid guide to
the ways creativity and the Internet interact today, and to what might
be coming next.