For centuries, artists and writers have embraced copyright as a necessary protection that allows them to make a living while practicing their craft. At the turn of the 21st century, however, a small group of artists and activists on the political fringe began to question the conventional wisdom of copyright law. In the early 2010s, one writer broke the mold and put her own work on the line by dedicating all of her writing to the public domain, only to vanish along with it a few years later. Now, thanks to the persistence of one dedicated archivist, her writings have been saved from obscurity, following her original stated wishes. In this book, a curated collection of her essays and commentaries paints a portrait of an early 21st century political Pirate, the movement that shaped her, and the world that paved the way for online life today. At times combative and always controversial, No Rights Reserved: The Forgotten Reflections of a Proud Pirate and Anti-Copyright Activist captures the forgotten legacy of a pro-piracy activist who butted heads with her fellow artists for years before withdrawing from the public eye completely, leaving in her wake the question of exactly where she and the pro-piracy movement have gone after its first two decades.
