Ebook: Common as Air: Revolution, Art and Ownership

In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. Thirty years later his son registered the words 'I Have a Dream' as a trademark and successfully blocked attempts to reproduce these four words. Unlike the Gettysburg Address and other famous speeches, 'I Have a Dream' is now private property, even though some the speech is comprised of words written by Thomas Jefferson, a man who very much believed that the corporate land grab of knowledge was at odds with the development of civil society. Exploring the complex intersection between creativity and commerce, Hyde r.;Cover; Title page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; 1. DEFENDING THE CULTURAL COMMONS; 2. WHAT IS A COMMONS?; 3. THE ENCLOSURE OF CULTURE; 4. FRAMING A COMMONWEALTH; 5. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, FOUNDING PIRATE; 6. LIBERTY TO COMMUNICATE; 7. THE COMMON SELF; 8. THE COMMON SELF NOW; 9. ENDURING COMMONS; AFTERWORD; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; Copyright.