How much can be considered part of the commons?
Like I said in my last post about the commons, being held in common is the natural state for an object to be in. Everything is therefore naturally part of the commons, and by extension everything is capable of being enclosed. As shown with the attempt to enclose 'intellectual property' (which is an attempt to privatize ideas and artistic and technological achievements) the actual regulation of property is far more iffy. Because companies have such a hard time controlling their so-called 'property' on the internet, many things that can be reproduced without being stolen (i.e. movies, music, books, ect.) have naturalistically reverted to being part of the commons.
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