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: A central theme is how these restrictions threaten the "democratic potential" of the internet by funneling digital culture into purely commercial, monitored, and monetized patterns.

: While recovering from reconstructive jaw surgery at a remote mountain home—with his jaw literally wired shut —the novelist is visited by his estranged daughter and must survive a life-threatening secret. Wired Shut

: Gillespie argues that the entertainment industry has shifted from legal battles to "technical fixes"—using encryption and Digital Rights Management (DRM) to bake copyright rules directly into hardware and software. : A central theme is how these restrictions

Published in 2007 by MIT Press , this book by Tarleton Gillespie explores how technology, law, and commerce intersect to regulate digital media. Wired Shut