Compsci 182s, Spring 2011, Free Books

We're only using books that are available via the web for free, typically either as pdf or html documents. You can buy the book too, that's sometimes easier to read, but the hard copy is harder to search.
bitsbookcover Blown to Bits by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis, Addison Wesley, 2008. The book's website is bitsbook.com where the book is available for free download by chapter and the entire book available as pdf file(s).
futurecover The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, by Jonathan Zittrain, Yale University Press, 2009. The book's website is futureoftheinternet.org, where it's available for free download/browsing either as pdf or as html.
publiccover The Public Domain: Enclsoing the Commons of the Mind, by James Boyle, Yale University Press, 2009. The book's website is thepublicdomain.org where it's available as html or pdf.
remixcover Remix, by Lawrence Lessig, Penguin Press, 2008. The book's website has reviews and other information, but the publisher's site provides the book as a pdf licensed/referenced as: Lawrence Lessig / CC BY-NC 3.0.
codecover Code Version 2.0, by Lawrence Lessig, Basic Books 2006. The book's website is codev2.cc where the book is available in several formats including both pdf for download and a wiki for browsing.
accesscover Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering, eds. Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, and Jonathan Zittrain. MIT Press, 2008. The book's website is opennet.net/accessdenied where content and much supporting materials are available.
freecover Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software, by Sam Williams, O'Reilly Press, 2002. The book is available via the O'Reilly Online Catalog on a per-chapter basis in html.
gossipcover the future of reputation: gossip, rumor, and privacy on the internet, by Daniel J. Solove. Yale University Press, 2007.

Each chapter is available as a pdf from the book's website as are study questions for academic classes!

freecover Free Software, Free Society: selected essays of Richard Stallman, by Richard Stallman, ed. by Joshua Gay, Introduction by Lawrence Lessig. The Free Software Foundation, 2002. The book is available as a pdf from the Free Software Foundation online store (download pdf).
brothercover Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow, Tor Teen, 2008. The book's website is craphound.com/littlebrother where the book can be downloaded in so many formats it's amazing.