The University as Constructed Cultural Commons

Katherine J. Strandburg, New York University School of Law
Michael J. Madison, University of Pittsburgh
Brett M. Frischmann, Loyola University Chicago

Abstract

This paper examines commons as socially constructed environments built via and alongside intellectual property rights systems. We sketch a theoretical framework for examining cultural commons across a broad variety of institutional and disciplinary contexts, and we apply that framework to the university and associated practices and institutions.