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The Public Domain

Book • 2008
In *The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind*, James Boyle explores the importance of the public domain and its erosion due to modern intellectual property laws.

He argues that a balance between protected and free ideas is crucial for innovation and culture.

The book discusses issues like gene sequences, musical sampling, and Internet file sharing, advocating for a movement to preserve the public domain akin to the environmental movement.

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Mentioned in 2 episodes

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Cory Doctorow
as a book that uses the metaphor of environmental politics to explain information politics.
69 | Cory Doctorow on Technology, Monopoly, and the Future of the Internet
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Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
as she recalls first meeting the author when he was promoting it.
The Public Domain

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