Book list

A list of recommended books (and, um, other media), which are freely licensed (e.g. under a Creative Commons license or the GFDL), plagued by copyright-related legal disputes, or about free culture issues.

Also see: http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/24/free-culture-65-in-hexadecimal/

Technical
Eric S. Raymond
 * The Art of Unix Programming
 * The New Hacker's Dictionary


 * Light and Matter Physics Textbooks


 * Hacking the Xbox, Andrew "bunnie" Huang - originally canceled by the publisher due to DMCA threats, CC-licensed

Philosophy/Advocacy
Siva Vaidhyanathan Lawrence Lessig
 * Copyrights and Copywrongs
 * The Anarchist in the Library
 * Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
 * The Future Of Ideas
 * Code And Other Laws of Cyberspace

David Bollier
 * Silent Theft
 * Brand Name Bullies


 * The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric S. Raymond
 * Democratizing Innovation, Eric Von Hippel


 * Freedom of Expression(R): Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity - Kembrew McLeod
 * Shamans, Software, and Spleens - James Boyle
 * Promises To Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment, by William W. Fisher III - speaks extensively about alternatives to today's copyright system and entertainment industry


 * Free Software, Free Society, by Richard Stallman - freely licensed, the philosophy of the founder of the free software movement... inspiration for broader free culture movement.


 * We The Media: Grassroots Journalism By The People, For The People, by Dan Gillmor

Creative

 * Books by Cory Doctorow - all CC-licensed
 * After The Rain: A New Adventure for Peter Pan, by J. E. Somma - received legal threats from children's hospital which claims to own Peter Pan
 * The Wind Done Gone, by Alice Randall - Legal threats from owners of "Gone With The Wind"


 * They're Everywhere, by Jim's Big Ego - Excellent CC-licensed music, a pioneering album.

Illegal Art
 * DVD
 * Wizard People, Dear Reader - A replacement (illegal?) audio track for the Harry Potter movie (obviously we will also need a copy of the first Harry Potter movie)
 * Issue #20 of Stay Free Magazine, plus the Illegal Art CD