- PII
- S1811-833X0000617-8-
- DOI
- 10.7868/SX0000617-8-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Abstract
- In order to shed some light on the issue of public knowledge, particularly scientific and technological knowledge, I will first examine the thesis that incremental in the sense of ‘new’ knowledge is rarely found in the public domain. Additional knowledge mainly produced in the scientific community and by research outside of science tends to be treated as a commodity. The restriction on a wide distribution of new knowledge may be based on a number of factors. I will concentrate on contemporary legal restrictions, especially, modern patenting laws. The second part of my observations deals with some of the complexities linked to the thesis that knowledge is a public good. I conclude with remarks about the link between the ownership of knowledge and social inequality.
- Keywords
- proprietary knowledge, common knowledge, patenting, knowledge monopolies, social inequality
- Date of publication
- 01.12.2020
- Year of publication
- 2020
- Number of purchasers
- 11
- Views
- 411
RAS PresidiumОбщественные науки и современность Obshchestvennye nauki i sovremennost
- ISSN (Print) 0869-0499
- ISSN (Online) 2712-9101
Knowledge as a public good and knowledge as a commodity
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At the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
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