Tragedy of the anticommons
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The tragedy of the anticommons is a type of coordination breakdown, in which a single resource has numerous rightsholders who prevent others from using it, frustrating what would be a socially desirable outcome. It is a mirror-image of the older concept of tragedy of the commons, in which numerous rightsholders' combined use exceeds the capacity of a resource and depletes or destroys it. The "tragedy of the anticommons" covers a range of coordination failures including patent thickets, and submarine patents. Overcoming these breakdowns can be difficult, but there are assorted means, including eminent domain, laches, patent pools, or other licensing organizations.
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See also
- Tragedy of the commons
- Enclosure
- Free culture movement
- Geolibertarianism
- Georgism
- Intellectual property
- Land monopoly
- Natural resource economics
- Network effects
- Rent-seeking
- Rivalry
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