...McPherson, August 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 Uni... ...n particular. I was also inspired and informed by colleagues and students in computer science, English, history, and political science. But the work I... ...a colleague—helped in more ways than I can count. A number of scientists and computer scientists made me see things I other- wise would not have—Drew ... ...er, and shocking sculpture. You can see a role for highbrow, state-supported media or publicly financed artworks, but your initial working assumption i... ... receives instruction him- self without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light with- out darkening me. That ideas should f... ...rot, but of Condorcet’s faith that truths were given in nature and, although mediated through individual minds, belonged ulti- mately to all. Progress... ...o. Perhaps you could find a balky mimeograph machine, or press a reel-to-reel tape recorder into use. You might manage a single unauthorized showing of... ...d society, copying is not only easy, it is a necessary part of transmission, storage, caching, and, some would claim, even reading. 36 As bioinformati... ...marginal cost of reproduction is zero, the marginal cost of transmission and storage approaches zero, the process of creation is additive, and much of...

...e 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 copyright, patent, and trademark laws. In a series of fascinating case studies, Boyle explains why...