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Free Culture

essay by Lawrence Lessig
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Summary

Free Culture is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Lawrence Lessig[3]
  • Publisher: Penguin Books[4]
  • Genre: non-fiction[5], essay[6]
  • Follows: The Future of Ideas[7]
  • Followed by: Code: Version 2.0[8]
  • Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: March 25, 2004[12]
  • Has edition or translation: Free Culture[13], Q139898153[14]
  • Topic's main category: Q9579857[15]
  • Main subject: computer science[16]
  • Described at URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160128023748/http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/free_culture.lawrence_lessig/sisu_manifest.html[17]
  • Title: Free Culture[18]

Why It Matters

Free Culture has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

computer science Lawrence Lessig literary work United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Free Culture. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/free-culture
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_free-culture_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Free Culture}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/free-culture}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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  1. 1d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', '
    Sitelink count → 21
    Bookbrainz work id → b8b140d4-625b-4473-9faa-f876da0002e5
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  2. 20w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → Free Culture, Q139898153
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  3. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Publication date → +2004-03-25T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United States
    Follows → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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