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COMMONS MAGAZINE

Does Capitalism Need Fine-Tuning or an Overhaul?

August 5, 2015
Today we have one set of rules for the super rich, and another for everyone else.

The Alchemy of Creativity

May 6, 2012
How cooperation boosts art, science and everything else

The Privatization of Yoga

August 25, 2010
Will India succeed in keeping yoga in the public domain?

Global Innovation Commons

November 18, 2009
A new database of patent-free technologies will make “green innovation" more available to all.

Deadly Medical Monopolies

July 22, 2009
Gene patents stifle research, inflate prices, and prevent people from getting treatment.

Et tu, Obama? Open Government Suffers Another Blow

March 12, 2009
Secret intellectual property treaty could profoundly change life on the Internet

Defending Public-Sector Science

July 15, 2008

James Boyle

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Duke Law School; Director, Center for the Study of the Public Domain; author, Shamans, Software and Spleens and the comic book, Down By Law. [Photo by Joi Ito]

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Durham, North Carolina

Gigi Sohn

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President, Public Knowledge, the Washington, D.C., advocacy group dedicated to the information commons and the public’s stake in the Internet, digital technologies and intellectual property law.

New Eco-Patent Commons

February 8, 2008