The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471 urn:isbn:0300137400 en 2008 Non-Fiction Essay In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information age—today’s heated battles over intellectual property. Boyle argues that just as every informed citizen needs to know at least something about the environment or civil rights, every citizen should also understand intellectual property law. Why? Because intellectual property rights mark out the ground rules of the information society, and today’s policies are unbalanced, unsupported by evidence, and often detrimental to cultural access, free speech, digital creativity, and scientific innovation. Boyle identifies as a major problem the widespread failure to understand the importance of the public domain—the realm of material that everyone is free to use and share without permission or fee. The public domain is as vital to innovation and culture as the realm of material protected by intellectual property rights, he asserts, and he calls for a movement akin to the environmental movement to preserve it. With a clear analysis of issues ranging from Jefferson’s philosophy of innovation to musical sampling, synthetic biology and Internet file sharing, this timely book brings a positive new perspective to important cultural and legal debates. If we continue to enclose the “commons of the mind,” Boyle argues, we will all be the poorer. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.mobi Snoboholic Nick Name http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5827 en 2009 Tech-absurd flash fiction story about a snob, who gets addicted, and the rest you know. You can find this and 24 other mobile fiction stories in "Password Incorrect", also to be downloaded from Feedbooks: http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127 short story collections mobile fiction tech-absurd http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5827.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5827.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5827.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5827.mobi The Man Who Talked to Machines Michael Graeme http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2783 en 2001 A short story from web-author Michael Graeme (a half hour read): "You have to talk to them, counsel them, mesmerise them into stillness before you set foot anywhere near them. And, though I may not be considered wholly sane, at least I have a reputation for the way I talk to machines." science fiction fiction short story short read http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.mobi Philosophical Lectures Kevin J. Browne http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6689 en 2009 An examination of the history of philosophical ideas and their influence on everyday life. philosophy logic ethics http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6689.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6689.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6689.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6689.mobi Detective Comics #0 David Charlton http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6603 en 2005 Detective Comics: Lustmord, Prelude. Comics DC2 Batman Vicki Vale Jim Gordon Alfred Pennyworth Hugo Strange http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6603.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6603.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6603.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6603.mobi You are in the Matrix, Charlie Brown Stupidfic http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6432 en 2006 Charlie Brown in the Matrix matrix Charlie Brown http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6432.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6432.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6432.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6432.mobi His Robot Girlfriend Wesley Allison http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854 en 2009 Mike Smith's life was crap, living all alone, years after his wife had died and his children had grown up and moved away. Then he saw the commercial for the Daffodil. Far more than other robots, the Daffodil could become anything and everything he wanted it to be. Mike's life is about to change. science fiction future robot girlfriend http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.mobi Metrophage Richard Kadrey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1810 urn:isbn:0441528139 en 1988 Novels Science Fiction Welcome to Los Angeles... where anger, hunger, and disease run rampant, and life and hope are strictly rationed. This is Jonny's world. He's a street-wise hustler, a black-market dealer in drugs that heal the body and cool the mind. All he cares about is his own survival, until a strange new plague turns L.A. into a city of death--and Jonny is forced to put everything on the line to find the cure. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1810.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1810.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1810.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1810.mobi Printcrime Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334 en 2006 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334.mobi 2 B R O 2 B Kurt Vonnegut http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction Humor/Satire 2 B R 0 2 B is a satiric short story that imagines life (and death) in a future world where aging has been “cured” and population control is mandated and administered by the government. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.mobi The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1309 urn:isbn:055356370X en 1992 Non-Fiction A journalist investigates the past, present, and future of computer crimes, as he attends a hacker convention, documents the extent of the computer crimes, and presents intriguing facts about hackers and their misdoings. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1309.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1309.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1309.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1309.mobi You and the Atomic Bomb George Orwell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1306 en 1945 Essay This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1306.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1306.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1306.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1306.mobi Scroogled Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670 en 2007 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670.mobi Appeals Court Cory Doctorow Charles Stross http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310.mobi I, Robot Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337 urn:isbn:1560259817 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction "I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type of robot is allowed. The story follows single Father detective Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg while he tries to track down his missing teenage daughter. The detective is a bit of an outcast because his wife defected to Eurasia, a rival Superpower. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.mobi