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'''''FREESOULS: Captured and Released by Joi Ito''''' is a book by [[Joi Ito]] featuring 296 photographic portraits of members of the [[free culture movement]]. The project began in 2007 as way for Ito to freely distribute, through a [[Creative Commons]] Attribution license, quality photos of the free culture community without the hindrance of copyright or permission.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/08/01/freesouls-captu.html |title=FREESOULS: Captured and Released by Joi Ito|publisher=joiito.com|date=2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://onthecommons.org/freesouls-captured-and-released |title=Freesouls: Captured and Released|publisher=On the Commons|date=2009-02-16}}</ref> Freesouls also includes eight essays by major figures in the free culture movement, including [[Howard Rheingold]], [[Lawrence Liang]], [[Cory Doctorow]], [[Isaac Mao]], Christopher Adams, [[Yochai Benkler]], [[Marko Ahtisaari]], and foreword by [[Lawrence Lessig]]. Isaac Mao's essay, "Sharism: A Mind Revolution", is introduces [[Sharism]] for the first time.
'''''FREESOULS: Captured and Released by Joi Ito''''' is a book by [[Joi Ito]] featuring 296 photographic portraits of members of the [[free culture movement]]. The project began in 2007 as way for Ito to freely distribute, through a [[Creative Commons]] Attribution license, quality photos of the free culture community without the hindrance of copyright or permission.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/08/01/freesouls-captu.html |title=FREESOULS: Captured and Released by Joi Ito|publisher=joiito.com|date=2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://onthecommons.org/freesouls-captured-and-released |title=Freesouls: Captured and Released|publisher=On the Commons|date=2009-02-16}}</ref> Freesouls also includes eight essays by major figures in the free culture movement, including [[Howard Rheingold]], [[Lawrence Liang]], [[Cory Doctorow]], [[Isaac Mao]], Christopher Adams, [[Yochai Benkler]], [[Marko Ahtisaari]], and a foreword by [[Lawrence Lessig]]. Isaac Mao's essay, "Sharism: A Mind Revolution", introduces [[Sharism]] for the first time.


The book was published in three editions, as a [[box set]] in an edition of 50, a soft-cover book in a print run of 1024, and a regular release.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://boingboing.net/2008/08/01/joi-itos-freesouls-a.html |title=Joi Ito's Freesouls: a book of CC-licensed portraits of, and essays by, copyfighters|publisher=BoingBoing|date=2008-08-01}}</ref>
The book was published in three editions, as a [[box set]] in an edition of 50, a soft-cover book in a print run of 1024, and a regular release.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://boingboing.net/2008/08/01/joi-itos-freesouls-a.html |title=Joi Ito's Freesouls: a book of CC-licensed portraits of, and essays by, copyfighters|publisher=BoingBoing|date=2008-08-01}}</ref>

Revision as of 23:28, 18 February 2013

Freesouls
File:Freesouls cover.png
Original cover
AuthorJoi Ito
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFreesouls.cc
Publication date
2008
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback
Pages200
ISBN0982029128

FREESOULS: Captured and Released by Joi Ito is a book by Joi Ito featuring 296 photographic portraits of members of the free culture movement. The project began in 2007 as way for Ito to freely distribute, through a Creative Commons Attribution license, quality photos of the free culture community without the hindrance of copyright or permission.[1][2] Freesouls also includes eight essays by major figures in the free culture movement, including Howard Rheingold, Lawrence Liang, Cory Doctorow, Isaac Mao, Christopher Adams, Yochai Benkler, Marko Ahtisaari, and a foreword by Lawrence Lessig. Isaac Mao's essay, "Sharism: A Mind Revolution", introduces Sharism for the first time.

The book was published in three editions, as a box set in an edition of 50, a soft-cover book in a print run of 1024, and a regular release.[3]

There is rumour of a Freesouls 2.[4]

Essay Content

  • 1. Lawrence Lessig: Foreword by Lawrence Lessig
  • 2. Christopher Adams: Share this book
  • 3. Joi Ito: Just another free soul
  • 4. Howard Rheingold: Participative Pedagogy for a Literacy of Literacies
  • 5. Lawrence Liang: Free as in Soul: The Anti-image Politics of Copyright
  • 6. Cory Doctorow: You Can't Own Knowledge
  • 7. Yochai Benkler: Complexity and Humanity
  • 8. Isaac Mao: Sharism: A Mind Revolution
  • 9. Marko Ahtisaari: Intelligent Travel

References