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The Public Domain, by James Boyle
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Title: The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
Author: James Boyle
Release Date: December 13, 2008 [eBook 27526]
Language: English
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The Public Domain
Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
by James Boyle
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 domai