Bill Patterson on 14 Sep 2014 21:31:59 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Intellectual Property vs. The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

In answer to your question "Ought the public domain be safeguarded, stewarded, nurtured, and developed?" I note we have put the dingos in charge of the safeguarding. 

Bill


On 9/13/2014 2:17 PM, CJ Fearnley wrote:

I'll be leading a discussion tomorrow morning at 10:30 AM in Center City
on the topic of "Intellectual Property vs. The Public Domain: Enclosing
the Commons of the Mind".

What is the opposite of the concept of intellectual property? Is
it our cultural commons? The public domain? Are those expressions
synonymous? Does the public domain have a value? Ought the public domain
be safeguarded, stewarded, nurtured, and developed? Or ought society
parcel the public domain into private concerns governed by market
forces? Or ought we seek a balance between intellectual property and
our cultural commons / the public domain?  How? And why?

To RSVP and more information, please visit
http://www.meetup.com/thinkingsociety/events/190206032/



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