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...ternet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Pres... ...s.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan... ...trations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), ... ..., July 12, 1994, at D1. 10. Harmon, supra note 8. 11. See, e.g., Wikipedia, Islands of Kesmai, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands_of_Kesmai (as of ... ...and, Jimbo’s creation of a new Wikipedia article for Mizoli’s Meats, a South African butcher shop, was deleted by a sysop twenty-two minutes later, de... ...sing revenue that could be used, to for example, put computers in schools in Africa... w e h a v e t o [be] very thoughtful and responsible about why ...

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...e ideas that are controlled and those 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 fascinat...

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... spots, rather pretty to look at, only they were dry and prickly. Nurse was frightened when she looked at them. She turned all the little sisters out of the night nursery, covered Lucy up close, and ordered her not to stir, certainly not to go into her bath. Then there was a whispering and a running about, and Lucy was half alarmed, but more pleased at being so important, ...

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...h doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two c...

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