The Open Internet
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"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."