@pluralistic For those who like academic treatments, Mancur Olson developed the economic theory of collective action in the 1960s, with an essay and later book, "The Logic of Collective Action":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logic_of_Collective_Action

Book at the Internet Archive / Open Library: https://archive.org/details/logicofcollectiv00olso

Who of course are fighting their own collective action battle against copyright absolutists:

https://blog.archive.org/tag/controlled-digital-lending/

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