Using a broad set of examples from the creative fields (incl. publishing, news, music & screenwriting) this book goes into how corporations go about creating monopolies to lock in both their users and suppliers and why this is terrible for all of us.

In the first half of the book, Doctorow & Giblin do an amazing job of depressing their readers by bringing together the different strategies that are leading to such dire outcomes. Luckily, the second half goes into some of the strategies that we collectively can take to fight back against.

And of course, this wouldn't be a book that involves Doctorow if existing the DMCA and DRM wouldn't get all the hate they deserve. :D