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Author Hyde, Lewis, 1945-

Title Common as air : revolution, art, and ownership / Lewis Hyde.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  ZA3270 .H93 2010    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 306 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-292) and index.
Contents Defending the cultural commons -- What is a commons? -- The enclosure of culture -- Framing a commonwealth -- Benjamin Franklin, founding pirate -- Liberty to communicate -- The common self -- The common self now -- Enduring commons.
Summary In this lively, carefully argued, and well-documented book, Hyde brings the past to bear on present matters, shedding fresh light on everything from the Human Genome Project to Bob Dylan's musical root, revealing a vision of how to reclaim the commonwealth of art and ideas that we were meant to inherit.
Subject Information commons.
Information commons.
Arts.
Arts.
Culture.
Culture.
Intellectual property.
Intellectual property.
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