Undеrstаnding Knowlеdgе аs а Commons: From Thеory to Prаcticе
Publisher: Thе MIT Prеss
Number of Pages: 381
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $38.00
Knowledge in digital form offers unprecedented access to information through the Internet but at the same time is subject to ever-greater restrictions through intellectual property legislation, overpatenting, licensing, overpricing, and lack of preservation. Looking at knowledge as a commons?as a shared resource?allows us to understand both its limitless possibilities and what threatens it. In Understanding Knowledge as a Commons, experts from a range of disciplines discuss the knowledge commons in the digital era?how to conceptualize it, protect it, and build it. Contributors consider the...