...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... ... book. For more information, visit www.caravanbooks.org. Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version o... ...Alike 3.0 License. It can be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300... ...ast 71st Street than on developing a cure for sleeping sickness, because the emotional well- being of the pets of the wealthy is “worth more” than the... ...teen years after the Sony decision, another court had to deal with a suit by outraged copyright holders against the creators of a technology that allo... ... Page 110 Store and play them on their own iPods. That’s it. So why all the outrage? It turns out that like the story of DeCSS, this little controver... ...o a hip-hop duo called “The Legendary K.O.” What better way to express their outrage than through their art? An article in the New York Times describe... ...ts’ opinions determine what is good for the market as a whole. “What is your emotional relationship with your monopoly?” “I really like it!” “Do you t... ...nvention of soul music resulted from the heightening of the intensity of the emotion expressed by jazz through the charging of feeling in the unbridle...

...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...