Information Doesn't Want to Be Free

2014 non-fiction book by Cory Doctorow
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Information Doesn't Want to Be Free

Summary

Information Doesn't Want to Be Free is a non-fiction work[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (non_fiction_work category, ranking #31 of 48).[2]

Key Facts

  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free authored Cory Doctorow[3].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free authored Neil Gaiman[4].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free authored Amanda Palmer[5].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's instance of is recorded as non-fiction work[6].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free was published by McSweeney's[7].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's place of publication is recorded as San Francisco[8].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's page is recorded as 162[9].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free was published on November 18, 2014[11].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's main subject is intellectual property law[12].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's work available at URL is recorded as https://archive.org/details/InformationDoesntWantToBeFree[13].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's title is recorded as Özgür ve Bedava[14].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's subtitle is recorded as Laws for the Internet Age[15].
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's subtitle is recorded as İnternet Çağında Bilgi[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Other[17]

  • Secondary type(s): Audiobook[18]

  • First release date: 2014-12-10[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c6d76b1e-3f70-4ffe-a098-a4b3a19ec522[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Cory Doctorow[3], a science fiction writer[21], b. 1971[22], of Canada[23], awarded the EFF Award[24]; Neil Gaiman[4], a beekeeper[25], b. 1960[26], of United Kingdom[27], awarded the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story[28], specialised in journalism[29]; and Amanda Palmer[5], a singer[30], b. 1976[31], of United States[32]. Information Doesn't Want to Be Free was published by McSweeney's[7].

Publication

Information Doesn't Want to Be Free was released on November 18, 2014[11]. Its place of publication is recorded as San Francisco[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10].

Subject and Themes

Information Doesn't Want to Be Free's main subject is intellectual property law[12].

Why It Matters

Information Doesn't Want to Be Free draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (non_fiction_work category, ranking #31 of 48).[2]

References

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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