[1] book review by Edward J. Valauskas, of James Boyle's recent book, The public domain: Enclosing the commons of the mind:

   http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2350/2080 

((quote from the above book review: "Anyone with even the slightest interest in intellectual property, government policy, and the Internet should read this book. Highly, highly recommended!"))

see also: 

   http://www.law.duke.edu/boylesite/    [1a]

which says (in part) this: 

<< "NEW  . . .  My new book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind has just been published by Yale University Press. The book is available under a Creative Commons License for free download or online reading at http://thepublicdomain.org" >>

There is also a link to another "op/ed" item about it: 

    http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/30/james-boyles-the-pub.html 

which in turn has a link to the [worthy] "cause" on Facebook -- called "Support Jamie Boyle for IP Czar", (see [2] below) at 

    http://apps.facebook.com/causes/182181

[2] some "advice" (? for Obama?) from an expert, saying the US needs a CTO (and a better "IT" policy):

   http://www.bakerinstitute.org/publications/TSPP-pub-ObamaTransitionBronk-121908.pdf 

I am not sure what the connection is -- "if any" -- between a CTO and an "IP Czar", but I just thought this was interesting.

[0] [comment:]  In some ways this fits right in with some discussions of prices, licenses, DRM, "piracy", etc. in another recent "OT" thread ("Re: OT: Microsoft layoffs").

I labeled this "OT" too. 

I haven't read the book [yet], but it seems like it might be very relevant to the "philosophy" of FLOSS etc.  Hence I said "OT: <--[maybe]". 

YMMV.