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Rohn WoodThe Permission Problem
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It created a “patent pool,” putting all the aircraft patents under the control of a new association and letting manufacturers license them for a fee.
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“The Gridlock Economy,” calls the “anticommons.” We hear a lot about the “tragedy of the commons”: if a valuable asset (a grazing field, say) is held in common, each individual will try to exploit as much of it as possible. Villagers will send all their cows out to graze at the same time, and soon the field will be useless. When there’s no ownership, the pursuit of individual self-interest can make everyone worse off. But Heller shows that having too much ownership creates its own problems. If too many people own individual parts of a valuable asset, it’s easy to end up with gridlock, since any one person can simply veto the use of the asset.
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Michel BauwensGood articles by James Surowiecki on the commons and permissions.
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ognjen sThe commons leads to overuse and destruction; the anticommons leads to underuse and waste. In the cultural sphere, ever tighter restrictions on copyright and fair use limit artists’ abilities to sample and build on older works of art. In biotechnology, th
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rampionthe commons leads to overuse and destruction; the anticommons leads to underuse and waste.
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