Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice

Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice 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. Autor: Charlotte Hess, Elinor Ostrom Wydawnictwo: MIT Press Rok wydania: 2011 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 382 Wymiary: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780262516037