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A philosophy of intellectual property / Peter Drahos.
1996
F 141 DRA.P
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Title
A philosophy of intellectual property / Peter Drahos.
Description
xii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN
1855212404
9781855212404 hc
9781351962094 electronic book
1351962094 electronic book
1351962086
1351962078
9781315263786 E-Book
1315263785
9781351962070 E-Book
9781138254701
1138254703 rel
9781855212404 hc
9781351962094 electronic book
1351962094 electronic book
1351962086
1351962078
9781315263786 E-Book
1315263785
9781351962070 E-Book
9781138254701
1138254703 rel
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F 141 DRA.P
Summary
Are intellectual property rights like other property rights? More and more of the world's knowledge and information is under the control of intellectual property owners. What are the justifications for this? What are the implications for power and for justice of allowing this property form to range across social life? Can we look to traditional property theory to supply the answers or do we need a new approach? Intellectual property rights relate to abstract objects - objects like algorithms and DNA sequences. The consequences of creating property rights in such objects are far reaching. A Philosophy of Intellectual Property argues that lying at the heart of intellectual property are duty-bearing privileges. We should adopt an instrumentalist approach to intellectual property and reject a proprietarian approach - an approach which emphasizes the connection between labour and property rights. The analysis draws on the history of intellectual property, legal materials, the work of Grotius, Pufendorf, Locke, Marx and Hegel, as well as economic, sociological and legal theory. The book is designed to be accessible to specialists in a number of fields as well as students. It will interest philosophers, political scientists, economists, legal scholars as well as those professionals concerned with policy issues raised by modern technologies and the information society.
Note
"Dartmouth series in applied legal philosophy"--Ser. pref.
"Transfered [sic] to digital printing in 2012"--Title page verso.
Are intellectual property rights like other property rights? More and more of the world's knowledge and information is under the control of intellectual property owners. What are the justifications for this? What are the implications for power and for justice of allowing this property form to range across social life? Can we look to traditional property theory to supply the answers or do we need a new approach? Intellectual property rights relate to abstract objects - objects like algorithms and DNA sequences. The consequences of creating property rights in such objects are far reaching. A Philosophy of Intellectual Property argues that lying at the heart of intellectual property are duty-bearing privileges. We should adopt an instrumentalist approach to intellectual property and reject a proprietarian approach - an approach which emphasizes the connection between labour and property rights. The analysis draws on the history of intellectual property, legal materials, the work of Grotius, Pufendorf, Locke, Marx and Hegel, as well as economic, sociological and legal theory. The book is designed to be accessible to specialists in a number of fields as well as students. It will interest philosophers, political scientists, economists, legal scholars as well as those professionals concerned with policy issues raised by modern technologies and the information society.
"Transfered [sic] to digital printing in 2012"--Title page verso.
Are intellectual property rights like other property rights? More and more of the world's knowledge and information is under the control of intellectual property owners. What are the justifications for this? What are the implications for power and for justice of allowing this property form to range across social life? Can we look to traditional property theory to supply the answers or do we need a new approach? Intellectual property rights relate to abstract objects - objects like algorithms and DNA sequences. The consequences of creating property rights in such objects are far reaching. A Philosophy of Intellectual Property argues that lying at the heart of intellectual property are duty-bearing privileges. We should adopt an instrumentalist approach to intellectual property and reject a proprietarian approach - an approach which emphasizes the connection between labour and property rights. The analysis draws on the history of intellectual property, legal materials, the work of Grotius, Pufendorf, Locke, Marx and Hegel, as well as economic, sociological and legal theory. The book is designed to be accessible to specialists in a number of fields as well as students. It will interest philosophers, political scientists, economists, legal scholars as well as those professionals concerned with policy issues raised by modern technologies and the information society.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction; 2. Justifying intellectual property: back to the beginning; 3. Locke, labour and the intellectual commons; 4. Hegel: the spirit of intellectual property; 5. Abstract objects in productive life: marx's story; 6. Property, opportunity and self-interest; 7. The power of abstract objects; 8. The justice of information; 9. Intellectual property: for instrumentalism, against proprietarianism.
Series
Dartmouth series in applied legal philosophy.
Published
Aldershot : Dartmouth, c1996.
Language
English
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