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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Creative Commons Attributio... ...ies of books? I am skeptical. This book will be freely and legally available online to all who wish to copy it. Both the publisher and I believe that ... ...ntirely, decentralized to the people who actually might use the products and services that result. This is our innovation policy and it is increasingl... ...BRARY OF CONGRESS WHEN . . . Go to the Library of Congress catalogue. It is online at http://catalog.loc.gov/. This is an astounding repository of ma... ...nd who knows what else. It is a network that produces useful information and services. Frequently, it does so at no cost to the user and without anyon... ...ightenment. An author’s property rights were conceived as recompense for his service as an agent of enlightenment through publication of his ideas. Th... ...” are older still. They come from a spiritual called “Ain’t That Good News,” dating from 1940, which rehearses all the things the singer will have in ...

...robably have smothered the World Wide Web at its inception. Appropriately given its theme, the book will be sold commercially but also made available online for free under a Creative Commons license.(1.6MB PDF File) ...

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