The Intellectual Commons: Toward an Ecology of Intellectual Property (Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy Series) »

The rapid emergence of digital media has created both new economic opportunities and new risks for authors, publishers, and users in regards to intellectual property. There is a theoretical conflict raging between those who believe _information should be free_ and those attempting to protect intellectual property through surveillance and control of access. The Intellectual Commons works to develop a theory of intellectual property that is based on a theory of natural rights that assumes the existence of a _natural world_ of intellectual resources.