A review by in2reading
The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet by Justin Peters

4.0

I've been interested in the Aaron Swartz story since I saw the documentary "The Internet's Own Boy." This book takes 4 chapters to review the history of intellectual property and the push and pull between long periods of copyright protection vs. public domain benefits. It then tells Aaron's story with a seemingly balanced view. I liked the documentary a lot but this book filled in some gaps for me. This might interest some of my librarian friends.