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xii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
or may have forgotten). Many other professors in and out of the workshop
system also read a few of the chapters and offered feedback, especially Tanya
Luhrmann and Patchen Markell, who provided excellent advice on various
chapters. Susan Gal, Manuela Carneiro Da Cunha, Michael Silverstein,
Jessica Cattelinno, Joe Masco, and Judith Farquar at different points also
read portions and provided helpful suggestions.
The dissertation formed the bulk of what became this book, which was
written in diverse places and weather climates, from scorching summers in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, to one of the coldest North American cities, Edmonton,
Canada. While a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Cultural Analysis
at Rutgers University, I received useful comments from Meredith McGill,
Michael Warner, Greg Lastowka, Paula McDowell, Ellen Goodman, Daniel
Fisher, and especially Lisa Gitelman, and was also afforded a lively context
from which to learn about intellectual property law from the angle of book
history. At the University of Alberta, Rob Wilson, Kathleen Lowery, and
my of� ce mate Jeff Kochan also read various sections and chapters of the
book. I � nished a good chunk of the book thanks to the support (and amazing
peace and quiet) provided by the Institute for Advanced Study. I would
like to especially thank Didier Fassin and Tanya Erzen, whose insights have
made their way into this book.
There are a few people who also have given important feedback on portions
of this book, presented at conferences or other venues: Jelena Karanovic,
Kathy Mancuso, Andrew Leonard, Nanodust, Martin Langhoff, Bill
Sterner, Margot Browning, Jonas Smedegaard, Danny O’Brien, Cory Doctorow,
Graham Jones, Thomas, Malaby, Alan Toner, Samir Chopra, Scott Dexter,
Jonah Bossewitch, Marc Perlman, and Patrick Davison. Quinn Norton,
whose expansive creativity and deep insight into all things geek aided me
in toning down the academese, supplied great nuggets of wisdom and insight.
Mary Murrell was kind enough to read the entire manuscript, and provide
substantive insight and feedback on my arguments and the book’s structure.
I am so fortunate that I was able to teach material related to this topic and,
especially, to such engaged students (and offer a hat tip to Parker Higgins,
Max Salzberg, and Kevin Gotkin, in particular). Everyone in my “home
away from home,” #techfed, provided me with essential support throughout
this process— humor— and many also offered their suggestions. Even if
IRC has been known to draw my attention from writing, I could not have
� nished this book without it.
Two of my closest friends are everywhere in this book. Genevieve Lakier,
the brightest woman I know, has read much of this book and pushed my
thinking forward. Karl Fogel, an open- source developer and open access
advocate, is not only featured in the pages of this book but read through
many sections and chapters as well to make sure that my language, and thus
arguments, were more precise.