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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...er can make it illegal to make a fair use of a copyrighted work by putting a red dot on their books, records, and films before selling them. It shall b... ...records, and films before selling them. It shall be a crime to circumvent the red dot even if, but for the dot, the use would have been fair.” That wou... ... can make it illegal to make a fair use of a copy- righted work by putting a red dot on their books, records, and films before selling them. It shall b... ...de to take on the lake with me or, even better, just stay at home and read A River Runs Through It. The New Yorker, and not a sheaf of printouts from ... ...ded? The best answer I can give came from a question I was asked at a recent conference. The questioner pointed out politely that it was unlikely that... ...In the 50s and 60s, we had flurries of outrage over particular crises—burning rivers, oil spills, dreadful smog. In the world of intellectual property,... ...environmental movement it was a bonanza. A yellow outfall flowing into a blue river does not have any- where near the impact on black and white televis... .... These types of patents are discussed in Chapter 7. 3. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc., et al. v. United States Olympic Committee, 483 U.S. 522 ... ..., 266n10, 268n24, 270, 274, 285n1, 289n21, 290, 290n24. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc, et al. v. United States Olympic Committee, 483 U.S. 522 (...

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