BBC: "Maybe there are better ways of doing business than charging users for goods and services. But is it really profitable to give products away? Peter Day hears from two advocates of business models that turn conventional wisdom on its head." Read on
His guest are Chris Anderson (Editor in Chief for Wired, author of The Long Tail) and James Boyle, Professor of Law at Duke University Law School and author of The Public Domain.
NPR: "In James Boyle's new book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of Mind, the "sealed crustless sandwich" is just one example of patent law gone awry. Boyle argues that current law is making it harder and harder to share information and ideas to the detriment of the culture at large." Read on
