I'm adding a new category on intellectual property because I think it's going to be one of the defining issues in the next few years for the Internet and computers. It's a complex issue with lots of room for discussion, reinterpretation, and reinvention.

Among the questions: What intellectual property ought to be part of the commons and the common good? And what intellectual property ought to be protected so that creators can reap a fair return for their labors? How should these protections be applied? What are the intended and unintended consequences of what we do? Who gets to be involved in the discussion?

One interesting place to begin, if you're interested in this issue is the Creative Commons website. Creative Commons is:

...a non-profit organization founded on the notion that some people would prefer to share their creative works (and the power to copy, modify, and distribute their works) instead of exercising all of the restrictions of copyright law.

Creative Commons is working on ways for creators to make clear what rights they want to keep and what rights they are willing to make available to others (like copying, distributing, etc.)