Robert Darnton in The New York Times called Hyde's book, Common as Air: Revolution, Art and Ownership (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010), "an eloquent and erudite plea for protecting our cultural patrimony from appropriation by commercial interests."
In the context of Robert Darnton's review in The New York Times, he praised Hyde's book "Common as Air: Revolution, Art and Ownership" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010) for its persuasive argument advocating for safeguarding our cultural heritage from commercial interests.