The Right To Repair And Other Forms Of Peer Creativity
Can creativity flourish and remain within the control of commoners? Or will businesses inevitably capture creativity and convert it into private property to make money?
Copyright and trademark law are certainly designed for those purposes. They presume a market identity for creators of art, software, and new knowledge. And in fact, the corporate world routinely vacuums up creativity that's developed through commoning – images, music, know-how, social sharing.
Yet history tells another story. It shows that creativity naturally thrives in commons, and need not enter the marketplace to find support or fruition.