In his latest book - The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind - he has produced another fascinating read. Starting by asking just why the US government issued a patent on making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches(!) he argues that we have allowed IP law to grow in an almost unfettered way and that this "New Enclosure Movement" has created an environment which stifles creativity and jeopardises the notion of the public domain.
Best of all, he's practising what he preaches by making the book available in its entirety for free under a Creative Commons licence.
Thanks for the link to this book I look forward to reading it over the weekend.
ReplyDeleteI only dropped in to see if you had any thoughts on the UK DNA DB ruling and I was not disappointed. Thanks for taking the time out to post.