Vaidhyanathan, Siva.

The anarchist in the library : how the clash between freedom and control is hacking the real world and crashing the system / Siva Vaidhyanathan. - New York : Basic Books, 2005, c2004. - xvii, 253 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-243) and index.

Public noises -- The ideology of peer-to-peer -- Hacking the currency -- The peer-to-peer revolution and the future of music -- A work in progress or the final edit? -- Imagineering -- Culture as anarchy -- The perfect library -- The anarchy and oligarchy of science and math -- The nation state versus networks -- The empire strikes back -- Conclusion : the heartbreak of oligarchy and anarchy.

0465089852 (pbk.)


Information technology--Social aspects.
Information technology--Political aspects.
Internet--Social aspects.
Internet--Political aspects.
Information society.

T58.5 / .V35 2005