Sony BMG is hardnosed on protecting its intellectual property rights, yet has joined a commons-inspired open invention network. This shows that the commons is an asset – not a threat – to business.
The property rights movement in the U.S. has grown so bold that it suggests selling national parks and forbidding conservations groups to buy private land.
With product placement more pervasive on television, screenwriters say enough is enough. Wal-Mart perfume is plugged on _All My Children_ and Buicks on _Desperate Housewives._
