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Open source book-writing 05/04/2004 05:14 AM

JD Lasica is working on a book called "Darknet," which is to be a comprehensive account of the file-sharing debate and P2P. He's posting the entire text on a wiki for public comment, revision and addition: brave, clever man.

In the spirit of open media and participatory journalism, I'd like to use this wiki to publish drafts of each chapter in the book. I hope you'll participate in this effort by contributing feedback, edits, criticism, corrections, and additional anecdotes, either through the comments field below or by sending me email. Feel free to be as detailed as you like or to insert comments or questions. After all, you're the editor. (And remember, this is for a book manuscript, not a finished online document.) If you make a couple of helpful edits, I'll mention your name in the book's Acknowledgments (and buy you a drink next time we meet up).
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