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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...1930s, or the films of the Second World War, or footage on the daily lives of African-Americans during segregation, or the music of the Great Depressio... ... of thought on his father, my son had long since wandered off in search of a basketball game to watch. But I have to admit his question was something ... ...r service! No one is going to sue Apple now, of course. In fact, established players in the marketplace are probably fairly safe (and have better lawy... ...tion licenses the keys to this encryption system to the manufacturers of DVD players. Without a key, most DVDs could not be played. The manufacturer t... ...Copy Control Association will only license keys to man- ufacturers whose DVD players conform exactly to their specifications, the CSS scheme can also b... ...gree with him from quoting his autobiography in dis- cussing his life. If an African-American author wishes to tell the story of Gone With the Wind fr... ...s watching pictures of a flooded New Orleans, seeing pleading citizens—mainly African-American—and a Keystone Cops response by the Federal Emergency Ma...

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