Category
page 1Economics of intellectual property
Free Culture
essay by Lawrence Lessig
not invented here
dysfunctional institutional culture that eschews reusing products or ideas of external origin
The Wealth of Networks
essay by Yochai Benkler
knowledge commons
information, data, and content that is collectively owned and managed by a community of users
business model for open-source software
Business models
monopolies of knowledge
Power through control of communications
digital commons
cultural and economic assets that exist in digital form and are part of the knowledge commons; digital resource managed and governed by a community of producers and users according to jointly-developed governance rules
Libertarian perspectives on intellectual property
Review of the topic