Free Culture

essay by Lawrence Lessig
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Free Culture

Summary

Free Culture is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Free Culture authored Lawrence Lessig[3].
  • Free Culture's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Free Culture was published by Penguin Books[5].
  • Free Culture's genre is non-fiction[6].
  • Free Culture's genre is essay[7].
  • Free Culture followed The Future of Ideas[8].
  • Free Culture was followed by Code: Version 2.0[9].
  • Free Culture's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial[10].
  • Free Culture's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Free Culture's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Free Culture was published on March 25, 2004[13].
  • Free Culture's has edition or translation is recorded as Free Culture[14].
  • Free Culture's topic's main category is recorded as Q9579857[15].
  • Free Culture's main subject is computer science[16].
  • Free Culture's described at URL is recorded as https://web.archive.org/web/20160128023748/http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/free_culture.lawrence_lessig/sisu_manifest.html[17].
  • Free Culture's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Free Culture'}[18].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Other[19]

  • Secondary type(s): Audiobook[20]

  • First release date: 2004[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e0abf1a1-fb27-3f7a-a0ec-96f9e21f9144[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Free Culture authored Lawrence Lessig[3]. It was published by Penguin Books[5].

Publication

Free Culture was released on March 25, 2004[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include non-fiction[6] and essay[7].

Subject and Themes

Free Culture's main subject is computer science[16].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Free Culture followed The Future of Ideas[8]. It was followed by Code: Version 2.0[9].

Why It Matters

Free Culture ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation Free Culture
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q139898153]]"
  2. 24d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Publication date +2004-03-25T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin United States
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    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:فری کلچر (بک)]]"
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