Highly Recommended
- Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson
- The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem
- Reality Hunger, David Shields
- The Myths of Innovation, Scott Berkun
- Insanely Great, Stephen Levy
- Infringement Nation, John Tehranian
- Reclaiming Fair Use, Patricia Aufderheide & Peter Jaszi
- Patent Failure, James Bessen
Series-wide References
Books
- Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky
- Common as Air, Lewis Hyde
- Copyrights and Copywrongs, Siva Vaidhyanathan
- Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky
- Piracy, Adrian Johns
- Pirate’s Dilemma, Matt Mason
- In Praise of Copying, Marcus Boon (also available as a free download)
- The Public Domain, James Boyle (also available as a free download)
- Remix, Lawrence Lessig
- Silent Theft, David Bollier
- The Wealth of Networks, Yochai Benkler
- Origins of Genius, Dean Keith Simonton
- The Act of Creation, Arthur Koestler
- Weaving the Web, Tim Berners-Lee
- Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
- What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell
- The Gift, Lewis Hyde
Video
- Good Copy, Bad Copy
- RiP: A Remix Manifesto, Brett Gaylor
- Steal This Film 1 & 2
- Can I Get An Amen?, Nate Harrison
- Ressemblance
- Versions, Oliver Laric
- Connections 1, 2 and 3, James Burke
Web
- Variations, Jon Leidecker
- My Sin, My Soul... Whose Lolita?, On the Media
- Homages, Ripoffs and Coincidences
- TechDirt
Episode 1 References
- WhoSampled
- Turn Me On, Dead Man
- SongFacts
- Sound Opinions on Rock Plagiarism
- Hammer of the Gods, Stephen Davis
- The Soft Machines
Episode 2 References
- Kill Bill References Guide
- Kill Bill Reference, Sylvia
- Kill Bill: An Unofficial Casebook, D.K. Holm
- George Lucas Stole Chewbacca, But It's Okay
- The Making of Star Wars, J.W. Rinzler
- The Secret History of Star Wars, Michael Kaminski
- Star Wars Origins
- Nobrow, John Seabrook
- When Will White People Stop Making Films Like Avatar?
- Avatar = Pocahontas in Space
Episode 3 References
- Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson
- How Breakthroughs Happen, Andrew Hargadon
- The Myths of Innovation, Scott Berkun
- Explaining Creativity, R. Keith Sawyer
- Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius, Robert W. Weisberg
- Creating Minds, Howard E. Gardner
- Smart World, Richard Ogle
- Insanely Great, Stephen Levy
- Revolution in the Valley, Andy Hertzfeld
- Apple Confidential 2.0, Owen Linzmayer
- Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons
- Digibarn
- Archive.org
- Triumph of the Nerds (1996 PBS documentary based on Robert X. Cringely's book Accidental Empires)
- Mini vMac (Mac emulator)
- Cathode (Vintage terminal emulator)
Episode 4 References
- Infringement Nation, John Tehranian
- Reclaiming Fair Use, Patricia Aufderheide & Peter Jaszi
- The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins
- Creative License, Kembrew McLeod & Peter DiCola
- Viral Spiral, David Bollier
- The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It, by Dan L. Burk & Mark A. Lemley
- Copyright's Paradox, Neil Weinstock Netanel
- Against Intellectual Monopoly, Michele Boldrin & David K. Levine
- Cutting Across Media, Kembrew McLeod & Rudolf Kuenzli
- Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
- FOSS Patents
- Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity