Common as air

Description:

In this lively, carefully argued, and well-documented book, Hyde brings the past to bear on present matters, shedding fresh light on everything from the Human Genome Project to Bob Dylan's musical root, revealing a vision of how to reclaim the commonwealth of art and ideas that we were meant to inherit.

subjects: Intellectual property,  Culture,  Arts,  Information commons,  Public Domain,  Kulturwandel,  Geistiges Eigentum,  HISTORY / Social History,  Essäer,  Kunskapsteori,  Immaterialrätt,  New York Times reviewed