Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-206) and index.
Contents:
'From time immemorial': customary rights, rites of custom -- 'Drugs of virtues the most rare': plants, patents, and the public good -- 'Telegraphic address "The Jungle," 166 Piccadilly': taxidermy and the spectacle of the public sphere -- 'I am two Mowglis': Kipling, Disney, and a lesson on how to use (and abuse) the public domain -- Conclusion: into the common world.
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