Customer Review: This book shows copyright industries- film, music, publishing, information- routinely raid the public domain for material in the classic Disney modus operandi- to privitize. Then they and the likes of Microsoft & McDonalds use their battalions of lawyers to use trademarks as blunt instruments in... more info
Customer Review: Bollier does a credible hob outlining the issues surrounding the theft of the public commons. Many of the issues he highlights are unbelievable. Just thinking about how much of the public commons are being given away is truly astounding (the mining act of 1872 is one example that has always bugged... more info
Customer Review: It should be noted from the outset that this book is not primarily on the Hartford fire itself, although it is covered in the first chapter. It is on the legal and financial fallout from the disaster. The authors explain that an out of court agreement was reached whereby the circus would be kept... more info
Customer Review: Easy reading. Focuses on sound management and marketing techniques & theories while providing examples of business people who took risks to promote their business in a positive way and for the good of their community and society as a whole. I am reading this for a MBA Leadership class.
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