ABSTRACT

'They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose.' - Traditional nursery rhyme Until a 1998 federal court decision, a Minnesota publisher claimed to own every federal court decision, including Roe v. Wade and Brown v. Board of Education. A Texas c

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

part I|1 pages

The Commons, Gift Economies, and Enclosure

chapter 1|11 pages

Reclalnfiing the Narrative of the Commons

chapter 2|15 pages

The Stubborn Vitality of the Gift Economy

chapter 3|13 pages

When Markets Enclose the Commons

part II|1 pages

Varieties of Market Enclosure

chapter 4|10 pages

Enclosing the Commons of Nature

chapter 5|16 pages

The Colonization of Frontier Commons

chapter 7|20 pages

Can the Internet Commons Be Saved?

chapter 8|16 pages

The Privatization of Public Knowledge

chapter 9|12 pages

Enclosing the Academic Commons

part III|1 pages

Protecting the Commons

chapter 12|14 pages

The Commons: Another Kind of Property

chapter 13|21 pages

Strategies for Protecting the Commons