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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...roperty bar is a fascinating, brilliant, and engagingly ec- centric group of lawyers. I owe debts to many of its members. Whitney Brous- sard told me ... ...ith my nomenclature here—and with much else besides. Activists, civil rights lawyers, bloggers, and librarians have actually done much of the hard wor... ...icy is overwhelmingly and tragically bad in ways that everyone, and not just lawyers or economists, should care about. We are mak- ing bad decisions t... ...k instantly displayed, as well as a few details about it. And if you live in Washington, D.C., or near some other great library, you can go to a readi... ...perty rights is needed in order to fuel progress. Indeed, the post-Cold War “Washington consensus” is invoked to claim that the lesson of history itse... ... on the subject to a charming but uncomprehending opinion page editor at the Washington Post. I tried to explain that decisions about property rules w...

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