Book Patrol reviews 'Darknet'

Book Patrol reviews Darknet.

... J.D. Lasica explores this avenue and others and seems to take the stance that intent of use is of primary concern, as opposed to the legal rod applied in even, heavy-handed strokes to every situation. It's astonishing how technically entwined we are, how mixed the mediums, and how much we borrow from film, music, literature, art, and transpose it every single day as a part of our culture. The distinction between public use, commercial, personal use, mix, distribution, modification is explored and explained at length in this book. As the author points out, "It may surprise you, but you would be infringing on a copyright if you posted half a dozen of your favorite Frost poems or Gershwin lyrics on your Web site. You cannot write a sequel to a Hemingway short story without permission from his heirs." ...