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.... Congress periodically considers legislative proposals that would allow the ownership of facts. 5 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act gives content ... ...eedom to add to it, and she did—“My Life.” Changed. On December 15, 2002, in San Francisco, a charitable organization called Creative Commons was laun... ...m to add to it, and she did—“My Life.” Changed. On December 15, 2002, in San Francisco, a charitable organization called Creative Commons was launched... ...ongs, or of Isaac Newton describing himself as “standing on the shoulders of giants” (and not having to pay them royalties). Remember, that is not a w... ...rsity Press, 2004). 2. These types of patents are discussed in Chapter 7. 3. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc., et al. v. United States Olympic Com... ...y Press, 2004). 2. These types of patents are discussed in Chapter 7. 3. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc., et al. v. United States Olympic Committ... ...erspec- tives on Properties of the Human Genome Project, ed. F. Scott Kieff (San Diego, Calif.: Elsevier Academic Press, 2003), 97, 107–109. In other ... ...e on the Pacific-Coast,” in The Patrons of Husbandry on the Pacific Coast (San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft and Co., 1875), 290–291; Edward P . Cheyney, An... ... Review 90 (1990): 839–916; Suzanne Scotchmer, “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law,” Journal of Economic Pers...

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...ous water-bearing tree -- Man-eaters of the deep -- Mother Carey's chickens -- Giants of Brazil -- Some wonderful stories -- Seeking a passage to the ... ...ery of Magellan Strait -- Hurrah! Afloat on the Great South Sea -- Loss of the San Antonio -- Away, across the Pacific -- A long voyage and provisions... ...an village -- Drake on the coast of Patagonia -- Discovery of the skeletons of giants -- Incredible sufferings of a Spanish colony -- Capture of four ... ...ng Drake......................................... 377 Discovery of remains of Giants at Port Desire........................... 381 Cavendish surprise... ... after that of Columbus is given in subsequent chapters, from the discovery of San Salvador to the reclamation of all the countries and islands of the... ...ed at the coast of Brazil which he was resolutely bent upon exploring. At Cape San Augustine he went on shore, and with the usual formalities took pos... ... of three small vessels, and something more than 100 men, under the command of Francisco Hernandez, to make an exploration among the adjacent islands ... ...loquence was such that he persuaded the crews of both vessels, including their owners, to join his expedition, after which he sailed to Havana, and th... ...f California, entering a bay, which is supposed to have been the harbor of San Francisco. When the Hind approached the shore several natives were seen...

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..., 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to an eager au- dience crammed into San Francisco’s Moscone Center. 1 A beautiful and brilliantly engineered ... ...07, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to an eager au- dience crammed into San Francisco’s Moscone Center. 1 A beautiful and brilliantly engineered devi... ...ware or typing up punch cards to feed into someone else’s main- frame, Apple owners faced only the hurdle of a cryptic blinking cursor in the up- per ... ...f the screen: the PC awaited instructions. But the hurdle was not high. Some owners were inspired to program the machines themselves, but true beginne... ...ols, libraries, cyber cafés, and offices, where the users of PCs are not their owners. The owners’ interests in maintaining stable computing environment... ...ry, and perhaps the broadcasters and some of the telecommunications services giants— to a combination of widely diffuse populations around the globe, a... ...rmation environment rather than buying it ready-made. None of the industrial giants of yore are taking this reallocation lying down. The technology wi... ...nowledgments 248 Notes 249 INTRODUCTION 1. Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple, Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address, Jan. 9, 2007, available at http://www... ...edgments 248 Notes 249 INTRODUCTION 1. Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple, Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address, Jan. 9, 2007, available at http://www.app...

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...idents of the past. Children were not nice neat dolls to which one claimed ownership, manhood had to be more than having a heart attack from the stres... ...d marry them, and occasionally tried to set up as beauty shop proprietors, owners not merely of sidewalk restaurants but of the open garage variety so... ...es might have merely been the hype of writers at the insistence of gallery owners or independent actions of newspapers and magazines to give readers w... ...dangling from bulletin boards, and pedestrian blockage rails near the Khao San Road police station and the National Gallery) it was apparent that the ... ...red by the dampness, he then looked up at the deviant kinnari and Ramakien giants that were shaped intricately into the arched doorway, and scraped th... ... he had come here instead of picking up his airline ticket and flying into San Francisco as he had planned. Perhaps this was why he had forfeited a r... ...had come here instead of picking up his airline ticket and flying into San Francisco as he had planned. Perhaps this was why he had forfeited a retur...

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... she has to endure physical hardship to raise the child. Why not extend the woman's ownership of her body and right to it further in time and space ... ... Agent-Principal Problem In the catechism of capitalism, shares represent the part- ownership of an economic enterprise, usually a firm. The value o... ... these oft-recited dogmas bears any resemblance to reality. Shares rarely represent ownership. The float - the number of shares available to the pub... ...ttest. But then surely this is too severe! Don't we all stand on the shoulders of giants? Can one be original, first, even innovative without assi... ...h more pleasant affair. D. The Transport of Value - E-cash In 1996, four corporate giants (Visa, MasterCard, Netscape and Microsoft) agreed on a st... ...o (fifth century AD), Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) in his "Summa Theologicae", Francisco de Vitoria (1548-1617), Francisco Suarez (1548-1617), ... ...attest. But then surely this is too severe! Don't we all stand on the shoulders of giants? Can one be original, first, even innovative without assi...

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... she has to endure physical hardship to raise the child. Why not extend the woman's ownership of her body and right to it further in time and space ... ... Agent-Principal Problem In the catechism of capitalism, shares represent the part- ownership of an economic enterprise, usually a firm. The value o... ... these oft-recited dogmas bears any resemblance to reality. Shares rarely represent ownership. The float - the number of shares available to the pub... ...ttest. But then surely this is too severe! Don't we all stand on the shoulders of giants? Can one be original, first, even innovative without assi... ...h more pleasant affair. D. The Transport of Value - E-cash In 1996, four corporate giants (Visa, MasterCard, Netscape and Microsoft) agreed on a st... ...o (fifth century AD), Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) in his "Summa Theologicae", Francisco de Vitoria (1548-1617), Francisco Suarez (1548-1617), ... ...attest. But then surely this is too severe! Don't we all stand on the shoulders of giants? Can one be original, first, even innovative without assi...

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...e known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted do...

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...tide water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yel... ...an spoke most eloquently for himself, in a little shed back of a saloon on the San Francisco water front. “All I get is fifty for it,” he grumbled; “an... ...poke most eloquently for himself, in a little shed back of a saloon on the San Francisco water front. “All I get is fifty for it,” he grumbled; “an’ I ... ...¸ois and the others who had gone before. When driven with his mates to the new owners’ camp, Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretc... ...o the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce bough lodge. Like giants they toiled, days flashing on the heels of days like dreams as th...

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...down on much green, intricate country. It feeds in the spring- time many splashing brooks. From its summit you must have an excellent lesson of geogra... ... on much green, intricate country. It feeds in the spring- time many splashing brooks. From its summit you must have an excellent lesson of geography:... ...ure reigns in a great mea- sure unbroken, and the people of hill and valley go sauntering about their business as in the days before the flood. To rea... ...reigns in a great mea- sure unbroken, and the people of hill and valley go sauntering about their business as in the days before the flood. To reach M... ...Vallejo junction to Vallejo. Thence he takes rail once more to mount the long green strath of Napa Valley. In all the contractions and expansions of t... ...ejo junction to Vallejo. Thence he takes rail once more to mount the long green strath of Napa Valley. In all the contractions and expansions of that ... ...t Saint Helena, comes to a fine bulk and ranks with forest trees – but the pines look down upon the rest for underwood. As Mount Saint Helena among he... ... fattening on the toil and loss of thousands, and yet declaiming from the platform against the greed and dishonesty of landlords. If it were fair for ... ...l to-morrow, as the wild cats had laid hands upon our knives and hatchet. Besides, was this mass of heavy mining plant worth transportation? If it was...

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...o racially and socially contrasted men, both captured by the silver of the San Tome Mine, I feel bound to say something more. I did not hesitate to ma... ...ll the representatives of the old Spanish families then in town, the great owners of estates on the plain, grave, courteous, simple men, caballeros of... ...t company was Mrs. Gould, the wife of Don Carlos, the administrator of the San Tome silver mine. The ladies of Sulaco were not advanced enough to take... ...lf full of clouds, by the 39 Joseph Conrad benighted state of mind of the owners of its fertile territory—all these aristocratic old Spanish families... ...now more. The engineer-in- chief assured him that the administrator of the San Tome silver mine had an immense influence over all these Spanish Dons. ... ...would have to leave her for a few days to find an American, a man from San Francisco, who was still somewhere in Europe. A few months before he had ma... ...is thoughts ran upon the means of raising a large amount of capital in San Francisco or elsewhere; and incidentally there occurred to him also the gen... ...er,” Mrs. Gould had said pleasantly to one of the three gentlemen from San Francisco she had to entertain in her new Sulaco house just about a year af... ...g from the billows of the lower forests like the barren coast of a land of giants. The sunset rays striking the snow-slope of Higuerota from afar gave...

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...eon himself was to give the country back again!—make restitution, not to the owners, but to their white American heirs. The voyagers journeyed on, tou... ...lad this damage had been saved, for it would have made me unpopular with the owners. They always hated anybody who had the name of being careless, and... ...bitter pill to have to accept association pilots at last, yet cap tains and owners agreed that there was no other way. But none of these outcasts off... ...a newspaper reporter; next, a gold miner, in California; next, a reporter in San Francisco; next, a spe cial correspondent in the Sandwich Islands; n... ...wspaper reporter; next, a gold miner, in California; next, a reporter in San Francisco; next, a spe cial correspondent in the Sandwich Islands; next,... ...protec tion,” I said to myself. During the fortnight’s run from Acapulco to San Fran cisco I several times saw the gamblers talking earnestly with B... ... a thousand times, I reckon.” By and bye, in due course, we were approaching San Fran cisco. It was an ugly black night, with a strong wind blowing, ... ...ned and bought for that single night’s use; and in their train all manner of giants, dwarfs, monstrosi ties, and other diverting grotesquerie—a start...

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...fonso VI shortly after his occupation of Toledo in 1085, and called by him San Servando after a Spanish martyr, a name subsequently modified into San ... ...ified into San Servan (in which form it appears in the “Poem of the Cid”), San Servantes, and San Cervantes: with regard to which last the “Handbook f... ...undertake a venture of so novel a character; and so little faith in it had Francisco Robles of Madrid, to whom at last he sold it, that he did not car... ...urning Sword who with one back-stroke cut in half two fierce and monstrous giants. He thought more of Bernardo del Carpio because at Roncesvalles he s... ... Castile,” though he was in fact an Andalusian, and one from the strand of San Lucar, as crafty a thief as Cacus and as full of tricks as a student or... ...shing the walls; and when he was tired out he would say he had killed four giants like four towers; and the sweat that flowed from him when he was 65... ... having had a severe fall with his horse Rocinante when in combat with ten giants, the biggest and the boldest to be found on earth. “So, so!” said th... ... for he fancied that each time this happened to him he performed an act of ownership that helped to prove his chivalry. CHAPTER XI Of what befell Don ... ...leg-bones and arm-bones so large that their size makes it plain that their owners were giants, and as tall as great towers; geometry puts this fact be...

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...r with sustained at- tention. Only for one moment did his gaze move to the san- dals and back. “Jes’ lemme think a bit,” said Bert, finding the stare ... ...t across the Pacific in wire- less contact between the Asiatic station and San Francisco. The North Atlantic squadron was the sole American force on h... ...ross the Pacific in wire- less contact between the Asiatic station and San Francisco. The North Atlantic squadron was the sole American force on her e... ...d gone Mayor O’Hagen, urged thither indeed by the terror-stricken property owners of lower New Y ork, to negotiate the capitulation with V on Winterfe... ... they haf burn’ London; they haf burn’ Hamburg and Paris. Chapan hass burn San Francisco. We haf mate a camp at Niagara. Dat is whad they are telling ... ...y haf burn’ London; they haf burn’ Hamburg and Paris. Chapan hass burn San Francisco. We haf mate a camp at Niagara. Dat is whad they are telling us. ... ... smashed, and torn to pieces, and starved, and spoilt. London! Berlin! San Francisco! Think 156 The War in the Air of all the human histories we ende... ...In Franconia twelve fully distended and five par- tially filled and manned giants were able to make head against and at last, with the help of a squad...

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...nt. ‘I am bound to defend it, clumsy bludgeon or not.’ ‘You are one of the giants to wield it, and feel humanly, when, by chance, down it comes on the... ...aving him for object, and was ashamed of feeling to Statistics as women to giants; nevertheless he acknowledged that the badge was upon him, if Miss G... ...e folds of the shroud was granted him:—Is it a truth, that if we are great owners of money, we are so swollen with a force not native to us, as to be ... ...rincipal North Ameri- can Cities, previous to the embarcation for Japan at San Fran- cisco. Mr. Fenellan eulogized the immense astuteness of Dr. Ganni... ...glish to tolerate such a spiteful diatribe! The suicide of Dr. Bouthoin at San Francisco was the finishing stroke to the chances of success of the Ser... ...h to tolerate such a spiteful diatribe! The suicide of Dr. Bouthoin at San Francisco was the finishing stroke to the chances of success of the Serial;... ... the Mammonism we ‘re threatened with. Great fortunes now are becoming the giants of old to stalk the land: or mediae- val Barons. Dispersion of wealt... ...e four disguised members of the Comedie Francaise on board the vessel from San Francisco, to declaim and prove the superior merits of 396 One of Our ... ...ur disguised members of the Comedie Francaise on board the vessel from San Francisco, to declaim and prove the superior merits of 396 One of Our Conq...

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...heerful as the April dawn; the song of labor in a city built—it seemed—for giants. II There was nothing of the giant in the aspect of the man who was ... ...ows and Orphans; and that whatever it desired to do would benefit property-owners by increas- ing rental values, and help the poor by lowering rents. ... ...ifficulties they’re operating under, like these cranks that want municipal ownership. The way these workmen hold up the Company for high wages is simp... ... He sent Mat Penniman to the recorder’s office to dig out the names of the owners of houses which were displaying For Rent signs of other brokers; he ... ...ce.” “That’s a fact. Say, uh, speaknubout hotels, I hit the St. Francis at San Francisco for the first time, the other day, and, say, it certainly is ... ... “That’s a fact. Say, uh, speaknubout hotels, I hit the St. Francis at San Francisco for the first time, the other day, and, say, it certainly is a fi... ...lks, but New York is cursed with unnumbered foreigners. So are Chicago and San Francisco. Oh, we have a golden roster of cities—Detroit and Cleve- lan... ... but New York is cursed with unnumbered foreigners. So are Chicago and San Francisco. Oh, we have a golden roster of cities—Detroit and Cleve- land wi...

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...f Eu- rope in the Middle Ages, is at this moment raging in the Province of San-Paulo. The frightened in- habitants are leaving their houses, deserting... ...ues, accompanied by several medical savants, has gone to the Prov- ince of San-Paulo, in order to study the origin and the manifestations of this surp... ...ate, fleshlike rose color, and the red sun appeared be- hind the ponderous giants of the Bernese Alps. Ulrich Kunsi set off again, walking like a hunt... ... mused. His four companions watched him, and, like a tiny mite among these giants, Simon anxiously waited. Suddenly, one of the smiths, voicing the se... ...ese coast- ing-vessel, and about his final arrival, by way of Yokohama and San Francisco, in London, whence he was directing all the operations of Nih... ...coast- ing-vessel, and about his final arrival, by way of Yokohama and San Francisco, in London, whence he was directing all the operations of Nihilis... ...h Madame Dufour had chosen in her mind as her seat. No doubt they were the owners of the skiffs, for they were dressed in boat- ing costume. They were...

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...win gave a pleasing effect to the nearer parts of the scen- ery. BAHIA, OR SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29th. — The day has passed delightfully. Delight... ...were again divided into smaller ones, according to the relationship of the owners. For sev- eral miles we travelled along the valley of the Colo- 85 ... ...striches readily take to the water. Mr. King informs me that at the Bay of San Blas, and at Port Valdes in Patagonia, he saw these birds swimming seve... ...sold or given away as servants, or rather slaves for as long a time as the owners can make them believe themselves slaves; but I believe in their trea... ...9th and 30th. — We continued to ride over plains of the same character. At San Nicolas I first saw the noble river of the Parana. At the foot of the c... ...ong before we could clear the boat; at last we got on board with our three giants, who dined with the Captain, and behaved quite like *The south-weste... ...It was an amusing scene, and it was im- possible not to like the so-called giants, they were so thoroughly good-humoured and unsuspecting: they asked ... ...but on the western coast, as Dr. Hooker tells me, it extends to the R. San Francisco in California, and perhaps even to Kamtschatka. We thus have an i... ...lly opened, and the hills became mere water- worn hillocks compared to the giants behind: it then expanded into a gently sloping plain of shingle, cov...

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...l. When Homer describes the battle of the gods and noble men fighting with giants and dragons, they represent under this image our struggles with the ... ...l. When Homer describes the battle of the gods and noble men fighting with giants and dragons, they represent under this image our struggles with the ... ...i cittadini, che, per mezzo della pubblica vettura n. 365, lo transporto a San Giovanni di Dio. Ivi il medico di guardia gli riscontro la frattura del... ...e that ship home where he lived and keep it there carefully, expecting the owners to come for it, but they never 165 Mark Twain did. And he would try... ... At any rate, they never found any fault with it after trying it. When the owners were late coming for their ships, the Admiral always burned them, so... ... the very least. They must use some of the same people over again, likely. San Francisco is one eighth as populous as New York; there are 60 deaths a ... ... very least. They must use some of the same people over again, likely. San Francisco is one eighth as populous as New York; there are 60 deaths a week... ...500 a week in the latter—if they have luck. That is 3,120 deaths a year in San Francisco, and eight times as many in New York—say about 25,000 or 26,0... ...a week in the latter—if they have luck. That is 3,120 deaths a year in San Francisco, and eight times as many in New York—say about 25,000 or 26,000. ...

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...e, The city wharf, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, San Francisco, the departing ships when the sailors heave at the capstan;... ...he city wharf, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, San Francisco, the departing ships when the sailors heave at the capstan; Eve... ...ll, the virtue, the germs of all. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 283 THOUGHTS Of ownership—as if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter upon al... ...in the camp. And the sturdy artillery, The guns bright as gold, the work for giants, to serve well the guns, Unlimber them! (no more as the past forty... ...Ah, hills and slopes of Brooklyn! I perceive you are more valuable than your owners supposed; In the midst of you stands an encampment very old, Stand... ...the States.) Underneath the lessons of things, spirits, Nature, governments, ownerships, I swear I perceive other lessons, Leaves of Grass –Whitman 3...