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The future of ideas: the fate of the commons in a connected world
Abstract
"Discusses how the Internet revolution has produced a powerful counterrevolution. The explosion of innovation we have seen in the environment of the Internet was not conjured from some new, previously unimagined technological magic; instead, it came from an ideal as old as the nation. Creativity flourished there because the Internet protected an innovation commons. The Internets very design built a neutral platform upon which the widest range of creators could experiment. The legal architecture surrounding it protected this free space so that culture and information--the ideas of our era--could flow freely and inspire an unprecedented breadth of expression. But this structural design is changing, both legally and technically."
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Metadata
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2002-09-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 01
- Pages
- 40-0535-40-0535
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W1608133798
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- 1,042
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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