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Public good

Author Stephen King, for instance, authored chapters of a new novel downloadable for free on his website while stating that he would not release subsequent chapters unless a certain amount of money was raised.


Escalera de los Moros

The Escalera de los Moros (Moors lader) is a medieval-Islamic public building works aimed at a Dam or wetland located on the promenade of the Oron river outside the village of Librilla, Murcia, Spain.


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Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

According to Pradip Baijal, the board "was created to deal with the change in status quo outside government and given a quasi-judicial structure, to act in favour of public good, but has perhaps joined the tribe of numerous rent-seekers in the public ownership structure".

Goodman Center

In 2008, Lipman Hearne and Andy Goodman founded The Goodman Center to help organizations acting in the public good communicate more effectively.

Kobe Bryant China Fund

A “charity is a foundation created to promote the public good which is not for the assistance of any particular individual” (WordNet).

Law of the land

British Chief Justice John Fineux stated in 1519 that "the Law of God and the Law of the Land are all one" in the sense that they both protect the public good.

Thomas Ruffin

His writings on the subject of eminent domain--the right of the state to seize private property for the public good—paved the way for the expansion of railroads into North Carolina, enabling the "Rip Van Winkle State" to embrace the industrial revolution.