Common As Air
Revolution, Art, and Ownership

Moving deftly between literary analysis, history and biography (from Benjamin Franklin's reluctance to patent his inventions to Bob Dylan's admission that his early method of songwriting was largely comprised of 'rearranging verses to old blues ballads, adding an original line here or there...slapping a title on it'), Common As Air is a stirring call-to-arms about how we might concretely legislate for a cultural commons that would simultaneously allow for financial reward and protection from monopoly. Rigorous, informative and riveting, this is a book for anyone who is interested in the creative process.