Power is shifting to a new generation of media makers—but the battle over our digital future has just begun.

Whose Media Is It? provides a powerful account of the grassroots media revolution that is reshaping the cultural landscape. This widely praised, groundbreaking book explores the struggle between corporate giants seeking to control the flow of digital content and the rabble rousers who refuse to be silenced.

Drawing on unprecedented access to entertainment insiders and tech pioneers, Whose Media Is It? takes us on a journey that explores the momentous battle over who controls our creative rights, who decides what we can watch or share—and whether everyday people get to participate in the media ecosystem.

Brimming with larger-than-life personalities, the book recounts the colorful stories of digital disrupters seeking to democratize media, from the neighborhood kids who got into trouble by re-creating Raiders of the Lost Ark in their back yard to the geeky pastor who commits a felony whenever he uses a Hollywood movie clip in his sermons. These stories remain strikingly relevant as tech giants and entertainment moguls wrestle for control over our digital lives while creators push for an open, participatory playing field.

What's at stake is nothing less than the future of information and ideas.

"This is a brilliant, beautifully written book." – Lawrence Lessig, author of Free Culture

"Indispensable." – podcaster Kara Swisher

"Fascinating and important." – James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly