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==Public versus Proprietary Spaces== | ==Public versus Proprietary Spaces== | ||
| + | The notion of public property goes back far; in the United States, modern copyright law and intellectual property (IP) laws have their beginning in the U.S. constitution. Article 1, Section 8, clause 8 reads: | ||
| + | {{quotation | "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." | ||
| + | <ref>Wikipedia: Copyright Clause. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause]</ref>}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 11:53, 22 November 2011
"Commercialization" is a broad term that encompasses the general move from a sphere dominated by the publics to a space dominated by propriety influences.
Public versus Proprietary Spaces
The notion of public property goes back far; in the United States, modern copyright law and intellectual property (IP) laws have their beginning in the U.S. constitution. Article 1, Section 8, clause 8 reads:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
