...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... ...son, 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 Universit... ... book. For more information, visit www.caravanbooks.org. Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version o... ...t put it close to the year 2100. Congress periodically considers legislative proposals that would allow the ownership of facts. 5 The Digital Millenni... ...with a few changes, you could use the material for your state’s K-12 physics program. Perhaps you are a collage artist who wishes to incorporate image... ... complaint from those who normally object to inefficient gov- ernment subsidy programs.) Worst of all, we have turned the system on its head. Copyright... ...ly that is because intuitions about ownership coming naturally with labor or discovery continue to influence the law. Partly it is because those moral ... ...g Britain, concluded that their national patent systems were doomed. Various proposals were made to replace patents, with state-provided prizes or bou... ...s filed and renewed. Does Mr. West infringe this copyright? That is where the discovery of the Bailey Gospel Singers recording is potentially so import...

...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...