Sublime

Elinor Ostrom,

Examples of this practice are “the patenting of genes and lifeforms, the use of copyrights to lock up creativity and culture, the privatization of water and land, and attempts to transform the open Internet into a closed, proprietary marketplace” (Bollier, 2011).

Whereas corporate interests advocate the gutting of environmental and social protections, this book foresees the reclamation of the commons.