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From goods to a good life : intellectual property and global justice.
2012
F 13 SUN.F
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Title
From goods to a good life : intellectual property and global justice.
Description
256, [8] pages of plates ; 25 cm
ISBN
9780300146714
9780300183559 electronic book
9781280678011
9780300183559 electronic book
9781280678011
Alternate Call Number
F 13 SUN.F
Summary
Most scholarship on intellectual property considers this law from the standpoint of law and economics. Under this conventional wisdom, intellectual property is simply a tool for promoting innovative products, from iPods to R2D2. In this highly original book Madhavi Sunder calls for a richer understanding of intellectual property law's effects on social and cultural life. Intellectual property does more than incentivize the production of more goods. This law fundamentally affects the ability of citizens to live a good life. Intellectual property law governs the abilities of human beings to make and share culture, and to profit from this enterprise in a global Knowledge economy. This book turns to social and cultural theory to more fully explore the deep connections between cultural production and human freedom. -- Book jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Beyond incentives; 2. Bespoke culture; 3. Fair culture; 4. Everyone's a superhero; 5. Can intellectual property help the poor?; 6. Bollywood/Hollywood; 7. An issue of life or death.
Published
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.
Language
English
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