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{{Short description|2001 book by Lawrence Lessig}}

'''''The Future of Ideas''''' (2001) is a publication by [[Lawrence Lessig]], a professor of law at [[Stanford Law School]], who is well known as a critic of the extension of the [[copyright]] protection term.

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'''''The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World''''' (2001) is a book by [[Lawrence Lessig]], at the time of writing a professor of [[law]] at [[Stanford Law School]], who is well known as a critic of the extension of the [[copyright]] term in US.<ref>{{cite web|last=Starr|first=Sandy|title=Culture warrior|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/2369/|publisher=Spiked|accessdate=December 15, 2011|date=July 2, 2004|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710115904/http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/2369/|archivedate=July 10, 2012}}</ref> It is a continuation of his previous book ''[[Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace]]'', which is about how computer programs can restrict freedom of ideas in [[cyberspace]].

In the book, he showed there are three layers of ideas: code layer, and content layer and physical layer.

While copyright helps artists get rewarded for their work, Lessig warns that a copyright regime that is too strict and grants copyright for too long a period of time (e.g. the current US legal climate) can destroy innovation, as the future always builds on the past.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gelernter|first=David|title=The Computer World, Inside and Out|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/12/books/books-of-the-times-the-computer-world-inside-and-out.html?pagewanted=all|work=Books of the Times|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=December 15, 2011|date=December 12, 2001}}</ref> Lessig also discusses recent movements by corporate interests to promote longer and tighter protection of [[intellectual property]] in three layers: the code layer, the content layer, and the physical layer.

Code layer is one that is controled by computer programms. The censorship by sorting out geographical IP address in China is an instance.

The code layer is that which is controlled by computer programs. One instance is [[Internet censorship in mainland China]] by sorting out geographical [[IP address]]es. The content layer is notoriously illustrated by [[Napster]], a [[peer-to-peer file sharing]] service. Lessig criticizes the reaction of music companies and [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Stalder|first=Felix|title=The excess of control|url=http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/11/11504/1.html|accessdate=December 15, 2011|newspaper=Telepolis|date=January 8, 2002}}</ref> The physical layer is the one that actually conveys information from one point to another, and can be either wired or wireless. He discusses particularly the regulation of the [[radio frequency|radio spectrum]] in the United States.

Content layer is a notroiously known by [[Napster]], a [[file sharing]] service. He criticized the reaction of music companies and Hollywood.

In the end, he stresses the importance of existing works entering the public ___domain in a reasonably short period of time, as the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]] intended.

Physical layer is one that actually conveys information from one point to another point, and can be either wired wireless. He dicusses particularly about the regulation of spectrum in the USA.

On 15 January 2008, Lessig announced on his blog that his publishers agreed to license the book under a [[Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license]], and the book in [[PDF]] format can be downloaded freely.<ref>Lessig, Lawrence. [http://lessig.org/blog/2008/01/the_future_of_ideas_is_now_fre_1.html The Future of Ideas is now Free]. Last accessed on January 16, 2008.</ref>

== External Links ==

*Author Lawrence Lessig 's homepage: http://www.lessig.org/

==Editions==

*Homepage: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/future/

* US 1st hardcover edition ([[Random House]]): {{ISBN|0-375-50578-4}}

* US paperback (Vintage books): {{ISBN|0-375-72644-6}}

* [http://www.the-future-of-ideas.com/download/ On-line version] (PDF, free, under a [[Creative Commons]] Attribution-Noncommercial licence)

==References==

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== External Links links==

*[http://www.lessig.org/ Author Lawrence Lessig's homepage]

*[http://www.the-future-of-ideas.com/ Book homepage]

*Direct book download links in e-book formats: [https://www.thuejk.dk/future_of_ideas/Future_of_Ideas,_The_-_Lawrence_Lessig.epub epub] [https://www.thuejk.dk/future_of_ideas/Future_of_Ideas,_The_-_Lawrence_Lessig.mobi mobi]

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