TY - GEN AB - "Conventional wisdom argues that intellectual property rights are a necessary and powerful driver of economic progress. By shielding inventions and intellectual work from dangerous competition, these rights supposedly encourage creativity. In reality, by looking at the nexus of science policy, copyright, and new technologies, Perelman shows convincingly that current laws actually throttle innovation and progress. Intellectual property rights grant enormous powers to corporations but offer very little to the creative artist or inventor. Perelman shows how current intellectual property rights do more damage than good by promoting fragmentation, unnecessary duplication, secrecy, and frequent litigation. AU - Perelman, Michael, CN - KF2979 ID - 13636 KW - Economics. KW - Intellectual property KW - Knowledge management. KW - Economic policy. KW - Engineering. KW - Industrial organization. KW - Intellectual property. KW - Corporate power. KW - Copyright KW - COMPANIES KW - INNOVATION KW - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEMS KW - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY KW - ECONOMICS KW - COPYLEFT KW - Sociétés KW - Propriété intellectuelle KW - Droit d'auteur des salariés N1 - Ordered from amazon.de, December 2004, 28 euros Table of Contents Introduction. How intellectual property rights enrich the few while undermining liberty, science and society Chapter 1. The acension of intellectual property rights Chapter 2. The perversions of intellectual property Chapter 3. Intellectual property vs. science Chapter 4. Corporate science and intellectual property Chapter 5. Economics versus the new economy Chapter 6. Costs of intellectual property Concluding Thoughts Notes References Index. N2 - "Conventional wisdom argues that intellectual property rights are a necessary and powerful driver of economic progress. By shielding inventions and intellectual work from dangerous competition, these rights supposedly encourage creativity. In reality, by looking at the nexus of science policy, copyright, and new technologies, Perelman shows convincingly that current laws actually throttle innovation and progress. Intellectual property rights grant enormous powers to corporations but offer very little to the creative artist or inventor. Perelman shows how current intellectual property rights do more damage than good by promoting fragmentation, unnecessary duplication, secrecy, and frequent litigation. SN - 0312294085 T1 - Steal this idea :intellectual property rights and the corporate confiscation of creativity / TI - Steal this idea :intellectual property rights and the corporate confiscation of creativity / ER -