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Cory Doctorow: Information Doesnt Wan't to Be Free, Chapter 1 (Read by Wil Wheaton)

Here's Wil Wheaton reading chapter one ("Doctorow's First Law") of the independently produced audio edition of my nonfiction book Information Doesn't Want to Be Free (published in 2014 by McSweeney's, with introductions by Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman). The whole book is available as a $15, DRM-free download . Many thanks to Amanda Palmer and Dresden Dolls for permission to use the samples from Coin-Operated Boy in this recording. Here's Kirkus Reviews on Information Doesn't Want to Be Free : In his best-selling novel Ready Player One, Ernest Cline predicted that decades from now, Doctorow (Homeland, 2013, etc.) should share the presidency of the Internet with actor Wil Wheaton. Consider this manifesto to be Doctorow’s qualifications for the job. The author provides a guide to the operation of the Internet that not only makes sense, but is also written for general readers. Using straightforward language and clear analogies, Doctorow breaks down the complex issues and tangled arguments surrounding technology, commerce, copyright, intellectual property, crowd funding, privacy and value—not to mention the tricky situation of becoming “Internet Famous.” Following a characteristically

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