From 9ba3ab2dc008eac1191b817b65b326f97af7f910 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:34:12 -0400 Subject: rough notes on common as air --- books/_Common as Air.page | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 books/_Common as Air.page diff --git a/books/_Common as Air.page b/books/_Common as Air.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6adfa66 --- /dev/null +++ b/books/_Common as Air.page @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +format: rst +categories: book +toc: no +... + + +============================ +Common as Air +============================ + +:by: Lewis Hyde + +.. warning: These notes still in progress! + +p50: double telescope story (patents are public) + +p51: old history of publishers over authors + +land as canonical property: feudal commons, then enclosure + +p61: present value analysis says 20+ year copyright no incentive today + +p73: copyright over cage's 4'3" ! (actually trademark) + +stinted markets: not "free" + +allodial vs. feudal ownership + +p125: "patent of importation" given to immigrant (not inventor) + +p129: franklin loved "public and durable knowledge" + -- cgit v1.2.3