@article{27317,
      recid = {27317},
      author = {Breakey, Hugh, and Breakey, Hugh.},
      title = {Intellectual liberty : natural rights and intellectual  property /},
      pages = {x, 175 pages ;},
      abstract = {"Considering the steady increase in intellectual property  rights in the last century, does it make sense to speak of  'user's rights' and can limitations on intellectual liberty  be justified from a rights-based perspective? This book  defends the importance of the public domain and user's  rights through the use of natural-rights thought. Utilizing  primarily the work of John Locke, it contends that  considerations of natural justice and human freedom impose  powerful constraints on the proper reach and substance of  intellectual property rights, especially copyright. It  investigates both the internal and external natural-rights  constraints on intellectual proeprty, and argues in  particular for the importance to human freedom of the right  to intellectual liberty--the right to inform one's actions  by learning about the world. It concludes that respect for  fundamental freedom-based interests requires a balanced  approach to the scope, strength, and duration of  intellectual property rights"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/27317},
}