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A Hacker Manifesto

by McKenzie Wark

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'A Hacker Manifesto' deftly defines the fraught territory between the ever more strident demands by drug and media companies for protection of their patents and copyrights and the pervasive popular culture of file sharing and pirating.

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ahmetasabanci 26 reviews

One of the very important books about hacker culture and movement. If you really want to go deeper about "hacking" you should read this first.

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Published: 2004
Genres: Technology, Nonfiction, Economics, Philosophy, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS: 303.48
LCC: HC79 .I55 .W37

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