A common property is a property, which is freely accessible for all potenziellen Nachfrager. If common goods are ready placed by the state, then one speaks of pure public goods (e.g. National defense, dams or lighthouses). Many common goods are ready placed however also by private offerers (e.g. Parts of the Internets or the Wikipedia).

The American university lecturer Lawrence Lessig defines the free accesibility as follows:

"“Resources are "“free"”, if (1) one can use it without permission; or (2) permission is assigned for using it neutrally."”

Advantages of common goods

Common goods make it for all social layers possible to profit from the use of the property. To them thereby v. A. a social function comes. Thus the partial free supply of the property knowledge aims off also socially weaker layers the entrance to this than making for positively regarded property possible. One speaks in this case of meritorischen goods.

Criticism at the common property concept

The free accesibility to goods can be criticized by private offerers, who want to offer the same resources against payment. Thus the large number of public universities in Germany e.g. prevents an arising of private universities. This point of criticism concerns however mainly from the state goods ready placed, since goods, which are offered privately free of charge, do not cause economical damage, while for most publicly goods ready placed costs result, which are paid in the form of taxes.

The moreover one the common property concept is criticized by totalitarian states, since it makes control more difficult from national side. Therefore such states have a strong interest in a delimitation of the common property character. Internet for example can lose its character by entrance restrictions as in the People's Republic of China etc. as common property again.

see also: Common land, free contents of, Gemeingebrauch, community property, open SOURCE, common liberty (public domain)

Related links

• http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/copy/11954/1.html Felix Stalder - an oversize at control
• The common liberty of DIN standards since the entry into force "§ 5 exp. of the 3 UrhG
• The common liberty represented by DIN standards, by the example of the DIN V 4108-6

Literature

• Lessig, Lawrence; The Future OF Ideas: The Fate OF the Commons in A Connected World. Random House, New York; 2001; ISBN 0-375-50578-4

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