Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

Name: Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
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ISBN: 9780300158342

ISBN-10: 0300158343

ISBN-13: 9780300158342

Edition: 2010

Authors: James Boyle

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In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information agetoday's heated battles over intellectual property. Boyle argues that just as every informed citizen needs to know at least something about the environment or civil rights, every citizen should also understand intellectual property law. Why? Because intellectual property rights mark out the ground rules of the information society, and today's policies are unbalanced, unsupported by evidence, and often detrimental to cultural access, free speech, digital creativity, and scientific innovation. Boyle identifies as a major problem the widespread failure to understand the importance of the public…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 1/26/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.92" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

James Boyle is Professor of Law at Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington D.C.



Acknowledgments


Preface: Comprised of at Least Jelly?



Why Intellectual Property?



Thomas Jefferson Writes a Letter



The Second Enclosure Movement



The Internet Threat



The Farmers Tale: An Allegory



I Got a Mashup



The Enclosure of Science and Technology; Two Case Studies



A Creative Commons



An Evidence-Free Zone



An Environmentalism for Information


Notes and Further Readings


Index