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.
1 有用 伊卡洛斯 2011-05-21 23:09:03
市场原来可以脱离不成熟的立法干预或专利技术壁垒的影响而发展演变,而知识产权是一种明智的社会干预,它带个我们巨大的益处但也带来了无数危险。对知识产权多样化演变的限制与它们约束、削弱和定义的权利一样重要,正如窟窿与奶酪一样重要。 但是,我们必须要知道的是:廉价复制对版权的限制更为重要而非相反。没有那些限制,版权法会膨胀并转向要求垄断或至少控制我们传播科技结构。那正是因特网威胁论的逻辑对我们的影响。
0 有用 倪湛舸 2022-04-10 16:13:08
public domain, intellectual commons, universal basic income,这些才是对抗capital accumulation该着重想象的alternatives。简单地说,IP时代兴起,为啥文越来越难看,剧越来越丑?因为挣钱的逻辑不是创作的逻辑,accumulation和production脱节。
0 有用 倪湛舸 2022-04-10 16:13:08
public domain, intellectual commons, universal basic income,这些才是对抗capital accumulation该着重想象的alternatives。简单地说,IP时代兴起,为啥文越来越难看,剧越来越丑?因为挣钱的逻辑不是创作的逻辑,accumulation和production脱节。
1 有用 伊卡洛斯 2011-05-21 23:09:03
市场原来可以脱离不成熟的立法干预或专利技术壁垒的影响而发展演变,而知识产权是一种明智的社会干预,它带个我们巨大的益处但也带来了无数危险。对知识产权多样化演变的限制与它们约束、削弱和定义的权利一样重要,正如窟窿与奶酪一样重要。 但是,我们必须要知道的是:廉价复制对版权的限制更为重要而非相反。没有那些限制,版权法会膨胀并转向要求垄断或至少控制我们传播科技结构。那正是因特网威胁论的逻辑对我们的影响。