On the Value of the Intellectual Commons

In New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property (2012)
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Abstract

When we talk about intellectual property, it is often implicitly assumed that we are talking about private intellectual property. However, private property and the idea of private ownership do not exhaust the possibilities for accounts of ownership and of property. There are other ways that ownership can operate, such as common property. A resource is common property if its use is ‘governed by rules whose point is to make them available for use by all or any members of the society.’

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James Wilson
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