My new book project, loosely based on my LimeWire expert testimony, is called "The Piracy Crusade." Although it will be published as a paper book next year by University of Massachusetts Press, I'm also publishing draft chapters as I write them on an open, Creative Commons-licensed, comments-enabled platform hosted by the MediaCommons project.
This kind of prepublication is increasingly being used as "peer-to-peer review," a crowdsourced alternative to the traditional academic "peer review" process, in which 2-3 anonymous readers with unclear motives and levels of interest weigh in on your work after 6-12 months of waiting. Obviously, when you're covering something fast-moving like law, technology, culture, or all three, that kind of a waiting process can be deadly.
If you have any interest, experience, or opinions regarding music, intellectual property law, new technologies, or the digital media industry, I encourage you to take a look, and leave a comment. All constructive commenters will get a shout-out in the final version of the book's Acknowledgments section.
The first two chapters are already up, and Chapter 3 is in process. Check it out on PiracyCrusade.com!
p.s. I'm also looking for some cover art -- if you're interested in creating something (I can't pay you, but I'll give you a credit on the cover), let me know.
Gave me something to think about . . .
Posted by: Bryce | 2012.10.20 at 18:40
Loving your work!
Posted by: Simon | 2012.09.12 at 18:13
not for posting--just a note to say that if I have time, as author of The Culture of the Copy, I will comment on your piracy book. Meanwhile, you might also want to take a listen to my new book, Making Noise: From Babel to the Big Bang and Beyond, Zone Books, 2011, which has here and there somewhat to do with your Mashed Up book of 2011...
Posted by: Hillel Schwartz | 2012.05.01 at 20:09