The anarchist in the library :

Vaidhyanathan, Siva.

The anarchist in the library : how the clash between freedom and control is hacking the real world and crashing the system / Siva Vaidhyanathan. - New York : Basic Books, c2004. - xvii, 253 p. : 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-243) 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.

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