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

A Canadian book published this year by Prentice Hall Financial Times is pretty good on the subject: free as in speech and beer: open source, peer-to-peer and the economics of the online revolution - by Darren Wershler-Henry Unfortunately the publisher does not offer offer a blurb on their website, http://www.pearson.ptr.ca , but here is the Amazon Canada listing (which must be using a pre-publication subtitle): http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130944297/qid%3D1031443706/701-002007 3-1837936 Alex Alex.Kuskis@utoronto.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Logie" <logie@umn.edu> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [Air-l] textbook recommendation please: Intellectual propertyin digital age

On 9/6/02 8:53 AM, "jeremy hunsinger" <jhuns@vt.edu> wrote:

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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 . . .

I strongly second Jeremy's recommendation of Lessig's "Future of Ideas" which deserves high praise both for accessibility and comprehensiveness. I think Jeremy is also recommending Siva Vaidhyanathan's "Copyrights and Copywrongs" which is not as comprehensive in its scope but offers fascinating chapters on, for example, Mark Twain and his relationship to the history of copyright, in addition to chapters with more current focus points, especially the music/movie industry battles. It is NOT expressly oriented toward the Net, though, as one might expect, the Net comes up a lot.

Herrington's book ("Controlling Voices: Intellectual Property, Humanistic Studies, and the Internet") draws upon her background in law (she has a J.D.) and her current work in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at Georgia Tech. Given your (Ed's) orientation toward communication studies and rhetorical theory, it might well prove irresistible.

Best,

John Logie University of Minnesota

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