I used lessig's The Future of Ideas this summer, it is very accessible, and provides a good perspective. It was only a 1 week unit. I think the topic needs more coverage. I may teach an extended course next summer adding Copyrights/Copywrongs , which gives a satisfactory history and then gives a good account of the current day/possible future, plus maybe The Cultural LIfe of Intellectual Property By Coombs which is also very good, it has a nice critical legal studies slant in some of the chapters, and covers many of the issues in a style which is interesting to me. Finally, as it will probably my political economy course, I'll most likely use *Copyrighting Culture: The Political Economy of Intellectual Property* by bettig and shiller -- Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy cddc/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 http://www.dromocracy.com virginia tech -under construction blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614 jhuns@vt.edu this email was sent from my office --- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments