false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241096638m/4905778.jpg 4905778 1 Novelist Mark Helprin anticipated that his 2007 "New York Times" op-ed piece about the extension of the term of copyright would be received quietly, if not altogether overlooked. Within a week, the article had accumulated 750,000 angry comments from individuals of the internet generation, who banded together out of a common desire to abolish copyright, primarily so they can obtain and share music and software for free. Shocked by their breathtaking sense of entitlement and appalled by the breadth, speed, and illogic of their response, Helprin realized how drastically different this generation is from those before it. The copyright abolitionists, like the rest of their generation, were educated with a modern bias toward collaboration which has led them to denigrate individual efforts and in turn fueled their sense of entitlement to the fruits of other people's labors. More importantly, their selfish desire to 'stick it' to the greedy corporate interests who control the production and distribution of intellectual property leads them to seek to overturn the vital legal protections built up over centuries. Offering a ringing defense of the individual voice and its hard-won legal protections in the age of digital culture while attacking that culture for degrading the thought and language of an entire generation. 4971297 1 4 2009 Digital Barbarism total:25|5:6|4:3|3:6|2:8|1:2| 25 78 63 9 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:50:55 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 18:03:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 18:34:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 06:48:43 -0700 2009
Arguing against technology using the laws and notions of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 09:12:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 13:18:56 -0700 2009
In argui...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:06:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:10:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 07 19:10:09 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 19:12:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 18:47:28 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 18:51:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 21:41:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 21:46:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 03 11:39:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:42:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:25:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:49:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 10:25:04 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 10:25:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 20:47:54 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 20:47:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 16:16:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 16:16:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 20:52:08 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 20:52:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 17:01:22 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:01:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 16:18:40 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 10 00:44:35 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 00:44:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 23:14:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 23:15:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 13:06:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 13:06:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 06:51:15 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 06:51:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 06:48:37 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 06:48:37 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Oct 19 16:52:04 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:46:52 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:46:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4905778