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COMMONS MAGAZINE

My Common Education: Lessons From Open Field

October 26, 2012
A Minneapolis Art Museum opens its grounds to community creativity

Art and the Commons

May 9, 2008
Art can help us reclaim a wholeness of mind and emotion, breaking down the boundaries of culture and consciousness--a valuable step in reclaiming the commons.

Lawrence Lessig

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Stanford Law School; Chair of Creative Commons; founder of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society; intellectual property and commons. [Photo by Joi Ito]

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Palo Alto, California

Reflections on the Commons

April 3, 2007
Some key themes about commons, with citations

A Privilege or a Right?

July 24, 2005
On the origins of copyright law in the 17th Century.

Newton, Lord Camden, and "Common Things"

July 22, 2005
Ideas Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

When Theft is Not Theft

July 21, 2005
Creativity as a Gift of the Gods, Not Mere Private Property