Title: Common as air : revolution, art, and ownership /
Authors: Hyde, Lewis, 1945-
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Information commons.; Arts; Culture; Intellectual property.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: Defending the cultural commons -- What is a commons? -- The enclosure of culture -- Framing a commonwealth -- Benjamin Franklin, founding pirate -- Liberty to communicate -- The common self -- The common self now -- Enduring commons.