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Copyright/information piracy is much older than the net, as a new book shows. There was copying and distributing centuries ago - and the people were responsible were called pirates! The current copyright regime didn't arrive until the 18th century and it entered into an existing culture of copying and pirating.

"Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age."

Another documentary about copyright & remix culture when it comes to intellectual property.

Information about what the term "Copyleft" means. It is a play on the word "copyright", and is ironic since the Copyleft logo has no legal meaning.

Interesting article about advertising on the internet.

350 million people use Facebook, most every single day, and it has doubled in growth every year for the past 2 years. It is becoming a major cultural force, read about the effects its having.