Steal this idea : intellectual property rights and the corporate confiscation of creativity / Michael Perelman.

Steal this idea : intellectual property rights and the corporate confiscation of creativity / Michael Perelman.

265 pages ; 23 cm

0312294085
9780312294083 cloth
140396713X paperback
9781403967138 paperback
9781137079299
1137079290
9781349634583 print
1349634581

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"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.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index.

New York/Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2002]

eng

"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.