The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

by James Boyle

Book Overview

Why the public domain is vitally important and what we must do to protect it In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information age--today's heated battles over intellectual property. Boyle argues that just as every informed citizen needs to know at least something about the environment or civil rights, every citizen should also understand intellectual property law. Why? Because intellectual property rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300158343
• ISBN13: 9780300158342
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"