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• Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

  Lawrence Lessig

  
  The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children—and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form—with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable “hybrid economy”.
  
  Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war—a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America’s copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists’ creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions.
  
  For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws. Some of today’s most talented artists are felons, and so are our kids, who see no reason why they shouldn’t do what their computers and the Web let them do, from burning a copyrighted CD for a friend to “biting” riffs from films, videos, songs, etc and making new art from them.
  
  Criminalizing our children and others is exactly what our society should not do, and Lessig shows how we can and must end this conflict—a war as ill conceived and unwinnable as the war on drugs. By embracing “read-write culture,” which allows its users to create art as readily as they consume it, we can ensure that creators get the support—artistic, commercial, and ethical—that they deserve and need. Indeed, we can already see glimmers of a new hybrid economy that combines the profit motives of traditional business with the “sharing economy” evident in such Web sites as Wikipedia and YouTube. The hybrid economy will become ever more prominent in every creative realm—from news to music—and Lessig shows how we can and should use it to benefit those who make and consume culture.
  
  Remix is an urgent, eloquent plea to end a war that harms our children and other intrepid creative users of new technologies. It also offers an inspiring vision of the post-war world where enormous opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded.
  
   

• Patent It Yourself

  David Pressman

  
  
   

• The Glannon Guide to Civil Procedure: Learning Civil Procedure Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis

  Joseph W. Glannon

  
  The Glannon Guides form a new series conceived by Joe Glannon, author of the highly successful Examples & Explanations titles "Civil Procedure" and "Law of Torts." Through multiple choice Q&A, test your knowledge and use the detailed explanations of right and wrong answers to analyze your responses. Many new titles are coming soon!
  
   

• The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook

  Gunnar Erickson, Mark Halloran, Harris Tulchin

  
  In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent film—from the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring directors and actors, securing location rights, acquiring music, calculating profits, digital moving making, distribution, and marketing your movie. This all-new second edition has been completed updated.
  
   

• Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents

  Kevin G. Rivette, David Kline

  
  
   

• Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide

  Ronald D. Slusky

  
  This book is a comprehensive approach to analyzing inventions and capturing them in a sophisticated set of patent claims. It provides the reader with practical pointers and guidance and uses everyday inventions as references, such as the ball point pen and paperclip.
  
   

• How to Make Patent Drawings: A Patent It Yourself Companion

  Jack Lo, David Pressman

  
  Patent drafters charge $75 to $100 per sheet to prepare drawings -- but you can draw them yourself!
  
  How to Make Patent Drawings is an essential guide for inventors who want to complete a crucial step in the patenting process themselves -- creating formal patent drawings that comply with the strict rules of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (and save hundreds or even thousands of dollars).
  
  Written by two experts in the patent field, How to Make Patent Drawings shows you how to:
  
  
• make utility patent drawings
  

• make design patent drawings
  

• utilize pen and paper, or digital equipment
  

• respond to Patent Office Actions regarding drawings
  
  Plus, once you've secured a patent with your drawings, you can also use them to market and promote your product to prospective manufacturers and customers.
  
  The 5th edition is completely updated to reflect recent changes to patent law and the newest advances in technical drawing. It includes all necessary forms, plus step-by-step instructions for filling them out.