The global debate over intellectual property rights (IPR) relating to genomics, soft- ware, and scientific information has divided developed and developing countries in international fora. Fundamental issues undergird these debates: who is to be excluded from various kinds of information, and who is to be included in the benefits of these ideas? An insight into these issues may be gained from the history and theory of property rights in land, especially the enclosure of lands held in common. After considering successful examples of common property, the paper con- siders the modern debate over common intellectual property.
Exclusion, Inclusion and Enclosure: Historical Commons and Modern Intellectual Property
DEFRANCESCO, EDI
2006
Abstract
The global debate over intellectual property rights (IPR) relating to genomics, soft- ware, and scientific information has divided developed and developing countries in international fora. Fundamental issues undergird these debates: who is to be excluded from various kinds of information, and who is to be included in the benefits of these ideas? An insight into these issues may be gained from the history and theory of property rights in land, especially the enclosure of lands held in common. After considering successful examples of common property, the paper con- siders the modern debate over common intellectual property.
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