Robert Darnton in The New York Times called Hyde's book, Common as Air: Revolution, Art and Ownership (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010), "an eloquent and erudite plea for protecting our cultural patrimony from appropriation by commercial interests."
In an article published in The New York Times, Robert Darnton lauded Hyde's book "Common as Air: Revolution, Art and Ownership" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010), calling it a persuasive and insightful plea for safeguarding our cultural heritage from commercial interests.