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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...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... ...le of thought. Today, though, I am viewing his letter over the Internet on a computer screen. (You can too. The details are at the back of the book.) ... ...rot, but of Condorcet’s faith that truths were given in nature and, although mediated through individual minds, belonged ulti- mately to all. Progress... ...? If you are a person who routinely uses computers, the Internet, or digital media, imagine a day when you do not create—intentionally and unintention... ...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...

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