The Public Domain
by James Boyle · first published 2003
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"The Public Domain" by James Boyle is also a good book, looking at copyright, also available for free: http://www.thepublicdomain.org/
on “White House: What's Blocking Innovation in America? My Answer: IP Laws” ↗This is, more or less, the solution advocated by the law professor James Boyle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boyle_(academic) He wrote a good book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (2008), which makes the case for radically shorter copyright terms.
I would recommend reading James Boyle's 'The Public Domain'. It's available free from his site on a creative commons license[1]. He makes a great argument about the development of IP laws, similar to the points you have made. [1] http://thepublicdomain.org/thepublicdomain1.pdf
on “For First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter Public Domain” ↗