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Nonprofit Organizations and the Intellectual Commons
Author(s): Jyh-An Lee (Author)
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date: 30 Nov. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 178100157X
- ISBN-13: 9781781001578
Book Description
By illustrating NPOs' role in shaping the commons realm, this book provides a new lens through which to understand the intellectual-commons environment. Protecting intellectual-commons has been one of the most important goals of recent innovation and information policies. This book focuses on the NPOs that occupy an increasingly critical and visible position in the intellectual-commons environment in recent years.
This detailed study will appeal to academics in intellectual property and internet law, nonprofit organizations, academics and professionals, and those involved in the Free Culture and Open Source Software Movement.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Commons, Intellectual Commons, and Their Tragedies
3. NPOs and the Commons Environment
4. Current NPO Theories and Their Applications
5. Associating NPOs with the Commons Environment
6. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
index
Editorial Reviews
Review
--Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine
'There is no issue more fundamental to the growth of the open source society than a more mature and penetrating understanding of the nature of the nonprofit organization in a digital culture. Professor Lee s book is essential reading to this fundamental topic, beautifully written and brilliantly conceived.'
--Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School, US
'Jyh-An Lee provides the first comprehensive account of nonprofit organizations and their overlooked role in setting (and working around) intellectual property policy. The reader will find a wealth of information and a novel theory of NPOs as part of the IP ecosystem.'
--Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School, US
