David Bollier

Yoga as a Commons, Yoga as Private Property

U.S. courts back Bikram Choudbury's claim to own ancient yoga poses.

Can colors be privately owned? Yes, according to legal trends in Germany and the U.S. Magenta may be worth 20 billion euros to Deutsch Telekom AG.

People donating to PBS are funding a memory, not a vital alternative to commercially-designed television.

A number of "self-made men" step forward to acknowledge the role public investments played in their business success.

The vitality of communities depends upon locally-based businesses. More places are coming to understand that.

The King James Bible as a great example of creative collaboration.

Publishing empires strike back: journal publishers force the government to scale back a promising project to promote information on health.

Christo's Gates installation art project in Central Park evokes a lively mood of the commons at its best.

A new developer of free software expands the scope of the online commons.

The raw greed in the sporting world is appalling and, worse, sad.

Prominent scientists petition the World Health Organization to open up trade in life-giving medicines.

Liberating science through commons-based strategies to promote cooperation and basic research.