The Public Domain - Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

The Public Domain
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Thomas Jefferson to Isaac McPherson, August 13, 1813, p. 6.
James Boyle
The Public Domain
Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
Yale University Press New Haven & London
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Contents
Acknowledgments, vii Preface: Comprised of at Least Jelly?, xi 1 Why Intellectual Property?, 1 2 Thomas Jefferson Writes a Letter, 17 3 The Second ...