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The Public Domain - James Boyle

The Public Domain

Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

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Buch | Hardcover
336 Seiten
2008
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-13740-8 (ISBN)
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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. This book analyses issues ranging from Jefferson's philosophy of innovation to musical sampling, synthetic biology and Internet file sharing.
Why the public domain is vitally important and what we must do to protect it

In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information age—today’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 domain—the realm of material that everyone is free to use and share without permission or fee. The public domain is as vital to innovation and culture as the realm of material protected by intellectual property rights, he asserts, and he calls for a movement akin to the environmental movement to preserve it. With a clear analysis of issues ranging from Jefferson’s philosophy of innovation to musical sampling, synthetic biology and Internet file sharing, this timely book brings a positive new perspective to important cultural and legal debates. If we continue to enclose the “commons of the mind,” Boyle argues, we will all be the poorer. 

James Boyle is William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law. He lives in Chapel Hill, NC.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.1.2009
Zusatzinfo 1 b-w illus.
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 235 mm
Gewicht 612 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Wirtschaftsrecht Urheberrecht
ISBN-10 0-300-13740-0 / 0300137400
ISBN-13 978-0-300-13740-8 / 9780300137408
Zustand Neuware
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