Legal Commentary

It's always a great pleasure to do guest stint at Prawfs, and this time was no exception. Thanks to Dan et al. for having me around, and to commenters and readers for being part of the conversation.

Of course, no Prawfs visit would be complete without at least a little shameless self-promotion, so let me take this final moment to mention a new work in progress I just posted to SSRN, Property Rhetoric and the Public Domain. This is the companion piece to an earlier work, Crystals in the Public Domain. Both parts of this two-part project seek to show that the much-maligned propertization of intellectual property may have unforeseen benefits for the preservation of the common entitlements in information. It went live on SSRN literally moments ago, so if you go now, you may have the (admittedly not that exciting) distinction of being the first downloader (!).

Until next time, happy trails, y'all.