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Common as Air

by Lewis Hyde

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“*The field of knowledge is the common property of mankind.*” Jefferson With his newest book, Common as Air, Hyde has returned to offer a critique of the idea that all creative work is "intellectual property" and to elucidate and defend our "cultural commons". [More of Ward Sutton's review][1]. [1]: http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Drawn-to-Read/Common-as-Air/ba-p/3167

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