Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

James Boyle:

Here are 2 points I wish people would understand.

1.) We are the first generation to deny our own culture to ourselves.

2.) No work created during your lifetime will, without conscious action by its creator, become available for you to build upon.

via Twitter: 1, 2.

More at The Public Domain: "We have dragged all of culture into copyright, and kept it there even if the owners wouldn’t have wanted to renew."

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