http://www.1729.com Womcat Bookmarks for Philip Dorrell. Womcat Bookmarks 2.1.0 Intellectual Property http://www.1729.com/ip/PublicGood.html Published digital information either has or soon will have both of the two properties that define a public good: non-rivalry and non-excludability. The inevitable conclusion is that the production of digital information has to be funded out of taxation. Arguing from a democratic perspective, "Voted Compensation" is proposed as a fair, effective and flexible system for allocating these funds to content creators. Intellectual Property Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:52:30 +1300