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''FREESOULS: Captured and Released by Joi Ito'' is a book by
Joi Ito is a Japanese entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a former director of the MIT Media Lab, former professor of the practice of media arts and sciences at MIT, and a former visiting professor of practice at the Harvard Law School. Ito has re ...
featuring 296 photographic portraits of members of the
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. The project began in 2007 as way for Ito to freely distribute, through a
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Attribution license (
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), quality photos of the free culture community without the hindrance of
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or permission. Freesouls also includes eight essays by major figures in the free culture movement, including
Howard Rheingold Howard Rheingold (born 1947) is an American critic, writer, and teacher, known for his specialties on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities (a t ...
,
Lawrence Liang Lawrence Liang is a professor of law at Ambedkar University Delhi. He is known for his legal campaigns on issues of public concern. He is a co-founder of the Alternative Law Forum and by 2006 had emerged as a spokesperson against the politics of " ...
,
Cory Doctorow Cory Efram Doctorow (; born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog ''Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of ...
,
Isaac Mao Isaac Mao () is a Chinese software architect, and social media researcher. He is doing research in social learning and for developing the philosophy of Sharism. Life and work Mao is a blogger, software architect, researcher in learning and soc ...
, Christopher Adams,
Yochai Benkler Yochai Benkler (; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Universi ...
,
Marko Ahtisaari Marko Ahtisaari (born 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish technology entrepreneur and musician. Ahtisaari has been CEO and co-founder of two technology companies: Dopplr (acquired by Nokia in 2009) and Sync Project (acquired by Bose in 2018). ...
, and a foreword by
Lawrence Lessig Lester Lawrence Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic, attorney, and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard ...
. Isaac Mao's essay, "Sharism: A Mind Revolution", introduces
Sharism Sharism is a philosophy on sharing content and ideas, developed by Isaac Mao. Inspired by user-generated content, sharism states that the act of sharing something within a community produces a proper value for each of its participants: "the more ...
for the first time. The book was published in three editions, as a
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in an edition of 50, a soft-cover book in a print run of 1024, and a regular release. It was edited by Christopher Adams and Sophie Chang.


Essay content

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Lawrence Lessig Lester Lawrence Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic, attorney, and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard ...
: Foreword by Lawrence Lessig # Christopher Adams: Share this book #
Joi Ito is a Japanese entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a former director of the MIT Media Lab, former professor of the practice of media arts and sciences at MIT, and a former visiting professor of practice at the Harvard Law School. Ito has re ...
: Just another free soul #
Howard Rheingold Howard Rheingold (born 1947) is an American critic, writer, and teacher, known for his specialties on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities (a t ...
: Participative Pedagogy for a Literacy of Literacies #
Lawrence Liang Lawrence Liang is a professor of law at Ambedkar University Delhi. He is known for his legal campaigns on issues of public concern. He is a co-founder of the Alternative Law Forum and by 2006 had emerged as a spokesperson against the politics of " ...
: Free as in Soul: The Anti-image Politics of Copyright #
Cory Doctorow Cory Efram Doctorow (; born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog ''Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of ...
: You Can't Own Knowledge #
Yochai Benkler Yochai Benkler (; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Universi ...
: Complexity and Humanity #
Isaac Mao Isaac Mao () is a Chinese software architect, and social media researcher. He is doing research in social learning and for developing the philosophy of Sharism. Life and work Mao is a blogger, software architect, researcher in learning and soc ...
: Sharism: A Mind Revolution #
Marko Ahtisaari Marko Ahtisaari (born 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish technology entrepreneur and musician. Ahtisaari has been CEO and co-founder of two technology companies: Dopplr (acquired by Nokia in 2009) and Sync Project (acquired by Bose in 2018). ...
: Intelligent Travel


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Official siteFreesouls TwitterJoi Ito's Flickr
2008 non-fiction books Creative Commons-licensed books