Some interesting ideas on the public domain and amateurs in IP.

Earlier this week I was recommended two strong sources for understanding the impacts of IP on the creative process by Proffessor Margaret Chon at Seattle University. That I thought others would be interested in.

Tales from the Public Domain:
BOUND BY LAW?

http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/

Amateur-to-Amateur: The Rise of a New Creative Culture

by F. Gregory Lastowka and Dan Hunter

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6359