"An incredible resource for anyone who wishes to grapple with the difficult intersection between private property and the public use of creativity on the Internet....Lessig's book provides a wake-up call. It reminds us that the expansion of property rights into the market for intellectual property on the Internet brings with it significant, negative side effects for society at large. The question of what the future of the Internet will look like, Lessig suggests, is really a question about the nature of freedom itself. And this is precisely why this book is so important-–because it uses the example of the Internet to teach us something deeper, and more troubling, about ourselves."
Private Property, The Public Use of Creatvity, and the Internet, FindLaw's Writ, Sonia K. Katyal, November 21, 2001