Mark Helprin

Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Anis Shivani

How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.

Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

The Solipsist and the Internet (a Review of Helprin's Digital Barbarism)

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media


Lawrence Lessig

Helprin's thesis is simple and familiar to any intelligent sort who first comes to think about the way the law regulates creative work: that there's something fundamentally unjust about the law of copyright.

Judge Judy for the Supreme Court? - An Audio Book Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media


Tom Alderman

TITLE: "Supreme Courtship" AUTHOR: Christopher Buckley ("Boomsday," "Florence of Arabia," "Thank You For Not Smoking") ...