Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition

First line

Mark Twain once sent a Connecticut Yankee back in time to King Arthur's court.

From the rear cover

Critical Acclaim for David Bollier's Silent Theft

"Provocative. . . . always on target."
--Newsweek

"This beautifully written, carefully argued book shows how little we learned from the past. Free and open resources have always been central to creativity and growth; Bollier shows how in a range of important contexts, free and open resources are being enclosed, to the benefit of the corporate class, and burden of Americans generally."
--Lawrence Lessig, author of Free Culture

"Get[s] at what I think is the fundamental, primary political issue that can be the underlying value for regenerating progressive politics in our country, and that value is the common good versus private greed."
--Jim Hightower, The Texas Observer

"Silent Theft raises the kinds of questions that Washington typically represses. The book broaches issues that very likely are going to drive the next big turn of the political wheel. Silent Theft confirms the brooding sense, shared by many, of a system out of control."
--The Washington Monthly

"Bollier sees a relentless commercial assault on what he calls 'the commons, ' resources that should be free to all but, increasingly, are being co-opted for the corporate good."
--Business 2.0

"Bollier's handling of this complex set of issues is both deft and straightforward. The more people who read Silent Theft, the better our world."
--Norman Lear

Media reviews

Citations

• Booklist, 02/01/2005, Page 921
• Library Journal, 12/06/2004, Page 0