TY  - GEN
N2  - This single volume is an authoritative collection of scholarship examining many facets of the public domain. This publication collects key papers which examine the various justifications for a rich repository of publicly-available information, including policies favoring robust competition, free speech, and scientific and technological advance. It also explores problems in ensuring access to public domain works, as well as commons management mechanisms. Perspectives on the dynamic between the public domain and the creation of new works are also presented.  With an original introduction by the editors, this insightful book provides students and researchers with a consideration of the public domain as an important topic in its own right as well as shedding light on the underlying rationales of intellectual property law.
AB  - This single volume is an authoritative collection of scholarship examining many facets of the public domain. This publication collects key papers which examine the various justifications for a rich repository of publicly-available information, including policies favoring robust competition, free speech, and scientific and technological advance. It also explores problems in ensuring access to public domain works, as well as commons management mechanisms. Perspectives on the dynamic between the public domain and the creation of new works are also presented.  With an original introduction by the editors, this insightful book provides students and researchers with a consideration of the public domain as an important topic in its own right as well as shedding light on the underlying rationales of intellectual property law.
T1  - Intellectual Property and the Public Domain.
DA  - 2017.
CY  - Cheltenham, UK :
AU  - Merges, Robert P.,
AU  - Landers, Amy L.
AU  - Y. Benkler,
AU  - J. Boyle,
AU  - A. Chander,
AU  - J.E. Cohen,
AU  - W.J. Gordon,
AU  - D. Lange,
AU  - L. Lessig,
AU  - J. Litman,
AU  - M.J. Madison,
AU  - M. Sunder
CN  - K1401
PB  - Edward Elgar Pub.,
PP  - Cheltenham, UK :
LA  - eng
PY  - 2017.
N1  - Includes index.
ID  - 40981
KW  - Public domain (Copyright law)
KW  - Intellectual property.
SN  - 9781785366857
SN  - 9781784711672
TI  - Intellectual Property and the Public Domain.
LK  - https://www.elgaronline.com/display/Research_Reviews/9781784711672/9781784711672.xml
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/display/Research_Reviews/9781784711672/9781784711672.xml
ER  -