Information doesn't want to be free : laws for the Internet age
(Book)

Forewords. Neil Gaiman ; Amanda Palmer

Introduction: detente. What makes money? ; Don't quit your day job, really

Doctorow's first law : any time someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you and won't give you the key, that lock isn't there for your benefit. Anti-circumvention explained ; Is this copyright protection? ; So is this copy protection? ; Digital locks always break ; Understanding general-purpose computers ; Rootkits everywhere ; Appliances ; Proto-appliances : the inkjet wars ; Worse than nothing

Doctorow's second law : fame won't make you rich, but you can't get paid without it. Good at spreading copies, good at spreading fame ; An audience machine ; Getting people to care about your work ; Content isn't king ; How do I get people to pay me? ; Does this mean you should ditch your investor and go indie? ; Love ; The new intermediaries ; Intermediary liability ; Notice and takedown ; So what's next? ; More intermediary liability, fewer checks and balances ; Disorganized channels are good for creators ; Freedom can be expensive, but censorship costs us the world

Doctorow's third law : information doesn't want to be free, people do. What the copyfight is about ; Two kinds of regulation ; Anti-tank mines and land mines ; Who's talking? ; Censorship doesn't solve problems ; The problem with cutting off access ; Copyright and human rights ; A world made of computers ; Renewability : digital locks' sinister future ; A world of control and surveillance ; What copyright means in the information age ; Copyright : fit for purpose ; Term extension versus samplers ; What works? ; Copyright's not dead ; Every pirate wants to be an admiral ; It's different this time ; All revolutions are bloody ; Cathedrals versus the Protestant reformation ; Three-hundred-million-dollar movies ; What is copyright for?

Epilogue. What does the future hold?.