...ugust 13, 1813, p. 6. 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Pres... .../08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 372... ...e The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Pag... ...essed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congress Con... ...hrough the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congress Control Nu... ...ess Control Number: 2008932282 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO ... ... it. That influence remains. Beyond the academy, my main debt is to the board members and staff of Creative Commons, Science Commons, and ccLearn. Crea... ... book, I checked this on a ten-year-old I then hap- pened to have around the house.) You do not need to be a scientist or an econ- omist or a lawyer t... ...eleased its decision, it was greeted with concern even by recording industry representatives who might have been expected to favor it, because it appe...

... economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current...