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Wired Shut:
Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture

Tarleton Gillespie

published June 1, 2007 by The MIT Press

 

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acknowledgments

one ~~ The Technological Fix
two ~~ The Copyright Balance and the Weight of DRM
three ~~ The Speed Bump
four ~~ A Heroic Tale of Devilish Piracy and Glorious Progress, by Jack Valenti
five ~~ Why SDMI Failed
six ~~ Protecting DVDs: Lock, License, and Law
seven ~~ Raising the Broadcast Flag
eight ~~ Effective Frustration
nine ~~ The Cultural Implications of Encryption

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Watch my April 2007 book talk,
presented at Cornell's Mann Library:

See my Amazon list of the best books on "Copyright, Technology, and Digital Culture"

Watch my the introduction I gave at the "Download Debate III" panel discussion hosted by Cornell's UCPL program, back in April 2006: