Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-243) and index.
Contents
Public noises -- The ideology of peer-to-peer -- Hacking the currency : cybercynicism and cyberanarchy -- The peer-to-peer revolution and the future of music -- A work in progress or the final edit? -- Imagineering : to control the culture is to control the future -- Culture as anarchy -- The perfect library -- The anarchy and oligarchy of science and math -- The nation state vs. networks -- The empire strikes back -- Conclusion : the heartbreak of oligarchy and anarchy.