The Public Domain of Creativity

A pioneer in the open domain movement and former chair of Creative Commons, James Boyle has also published a book where he details and explains the problem of the current copyright environment. The book is called “Public Domain” and appropriately enough, is available online for free under a Creative Commons license.

In his book, Boyle talks about the history of copyrighting and patents going as far back as Thomas Jefferson and his views on intellectual property. For those interested in the ideas and philosophies espoused by a site like Creative Commons should certainly take the time to read this informative book.