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[Commlist] New book - Critical Digital and Social Media Studies series – Intellectual Commons and the Law

Wed Dec 02 13:14:17 GMT 2020




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*INTELLECTUAL COMMONS AND THE LAW*

*A Normative Theory for Commons-Based Peer Production*

Antonios Broumas

At the cutting edge of contemporary wealth creation people form self-governed communities of collaborative innovation in conditions of relative equipotency and produce resources with free access to all. The emergent intellectual commons have the potential to commonify intellectual production and distribution, unleash human creativity through collaboration and democratise innovation with wider positive effects for our societies. Contemporary intellectual property laws fail to address this potential. We are, therefore, in pressing need of an institutional alternative beyond the inherent limitations of intellectual property law. This book offers an overall analysis of the moral significance of the intellectual commons and outlines appropriate modes for their regulation. Its principal thesis is that our legal systems are in need of an independent body of law for the protection and promotion of the intellectual commons, in parallel to intellectual property law. In this context, the author of the book proposes the reconstruction of the doctrine of the public domain and the exceptions and limitations of exclusive intellectual property rights into an intellectual commons law, which will underpin a vibrant non-commercial zone of creativity and innovation in intellectual production, distribution and consumption alongside commodity markets enabled by intellectual property law.

‘A bold new theory of intellectual commons and powerful arguments for a new body of supportive law. It reveals the rich possibilities for constructive change that legally protected commoning can bring. Highly recommended!’—David Bollier, Schumacher Center for a New Economics.

‘Liberating the Intellectual Commons from the fetters of capital accumulation and appropriation, would give us a renaissance of creative energies and empowered communities. A thoughtful and compelling argument for making this possible’—Massimo De Angelis, University of East London

‘Antonios Broumas argues that we are in urgent need of a new legal regime that recognizes the intellectual commons, peer production and sharing. This book should be read by lawyers, critical theorists, economists and the many professionals of science, culture and the academy. —Costas Douzinas, Birkbeck, University of London.

‘Brilliantly outlines the foundations of an empirically grounded critical theory of the commons.’—Christian Fuchs author of Communication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory (2020).

‘Broumas takes us on a spellbinding tour of how and why the law could and should change to accommodate the creative multitude. He tells a vibrant story that makes us shout: ‘Lawmakers of the world, unite!’—Vasilis Kostakis, Tallinn University of Technology and Harvard Law School.

*Contents*

1. Introduction

2. The ontology of the intellectual commons

3. Theories of the intellectual commons

4. Cultural commons and the law from the Renaissance to Postmodernity: A case study

5. Researching the social value of the commons: Methodology and design

6. Social value of the intellectual commons: Dimensions of commons-based value

7. The social value of the intellectual commons: Commons-based and monetary value dialectics

8. The social value of the intellectual commons: Conclusions on commons-based value

9. Towards a normative theory of the intellectual commons

10. Conclusion

Notes | Bibliography | Index

*Subject *

Communication Studies | Intellectual Property Law | Policy Studies

*Author*

Antonois Broumas is a technology lawyer, academic researcher and social activist. He holds postgraduate degrees in philosophy of law and IT and electronic communications law from the Universities of Athens and Strathclyde and has published widely on social movements, commons theory, critical jurisprudence and critical media studies.

*Open Access*

PDF, ePub and kindle versions available free from https://uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site books/10.16997/book/48 <https://uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site%20books/10.16997/book/48%20%20%20Paperback%20978-1-912656-87-5>

Paperback 978-1-912656-87-5

PDF 978-1-912656-88-2

ePub 978-1-912656-89-9

Kindle 978-1-912656-90-5

DOI: https://10.16997/book49

*Format*

222 pages 229 x 152mm

Paperback  UK £24.99 US  $32 EUR €28.00 CAN $48 AUS $52

Published open access by the University of Westminster Press

https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book48 <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book48>

Published 25 November 2020

This book is published in the Critical Digital and Social Media Studies Series

https//www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-social-media-studies <https/www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book48>

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