11 sound discs (13 hr., 6 min.) : 4 3/4 in.
English language
Published Oct. 9, 2012 by Listening Library.
In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity.
A veces parece fanfic de la página de manual de Tor, pero qué más dará.
When you're interested in all the copyright/patents/"intellectual 'property'" mumbo jumbo, this is a must-read book. It gives a view on where we are heading with all the laws that are being passed in favour of Hollywood (especially Disney) and big corporation media. A story of how it will be impossible to take snippets of existing content and "remix" it into something new (which, in the end, is how all progress is made, take ideas from something you know and remix it into a new idea). A nice and not hard to digest wakeup call if big media continues to have their say. Nice job Cory!
This book started off kinda preachy. I've heard/watched some of doctorows google talks about the new signed bootloader / hardware stuff. I think he spoke way better at google.
I see now why it was done.
The book was great. I loved the characters, and the story.
If you are a fan of his other books, i'd highly recommend it.
Really enjoyed this - it got a little long winded from time to time, but was constantly fascinating!
This was, on the whole, a good story. Marred only by the way the technical descriptions were handled. They came across as a lesson in sucking eggs. Which is a shame.
Fine if you've never heard about copyfight and want to pick up some details about it while reading a novel. Otherwise it will be a bit boring as the whole story unfortunately isn't that well sketched out. Especially towards the ending.
