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The public domain : enclosing the commons of the mind
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ISBN: 1282437399 9786612437397 0300142757 9780300142754 9780300150650 0300150652 9781282437395 9780300137408 0300137400 Year: 2008 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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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 mark out the ground rules of the information society, and today's policies are unbalanced, unsupported by evidence, and often detrimental to cultural access, free speech, digital creativity, and scientific innovation. Boyle identifies as a major problem the widespread failure to understand the importance of the public domain-the realm of material that everyone is free to use and share without permission or fee. The public domain is as vital to innovation and culture as the realm of material protected by intellectual property rights, he asserts, and he calls for a movement akin to the environmental movement to preserve it. With a clear analysis of issues ranging from Jefferson's philosophy of innovation to musical sampling, synthetic biology and Internet file sharing, this timely book brings a positive new perspective to important cultural and legal debates. If we continue to enclose the "commons of the mind," Boyle argues, we will all be the poorer.


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Ceci n'est pas une copie : design between innovation and imitation
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ISBN: 9789401440486 9401440484 Year: 2016 Publisher: Tielt : Lannoo,

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Copying is bad. So we are told, from school to the workplace. Gaining money or honour by stealing someone else's work is morally despicable and forbidden by law. But is it really that simple? Sometimes a copy--or something that strongly resembles the original--can bring fresh new insights about the original. The line between innovation and imitation is not always clear, and as technology allows us to come closer to the art of perfect imitation, things such as originality and individual authorship are placed under pressure. In Ceci n'est pas une Copie, design journalist Chris Meplon looks for the nature, meaning, and perception of copying techniques in design practice. The book offers a wide selection of interesting examples and perspectives on 'copying,' making for a reader-experience that is both informative and open-ended, allowing you to make up your own mind.

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