A Philosophy of Intellectual Property (Applied Legal Philosophy) - Hardcover

Drahos, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1855212404 ISBN 13: 9781855212404

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

'Legal scholars, law students and intellectual property lawyers will find this provocative book to be of great interest.' Bimonthly Review of Law Books '...this publication has much to offer students, scholars and practitioners of law, philosophy, economics and sociology in reading a broader understanding of the dimensions of intellectual property...a work of great insight...a unique and worthy contribution.' Prometheus

Synopsis:

This work attempts to address the question, "Can we accommodate intellectual property within one or more of the existing general accounts of property, or should we develop a distinctive theory of intellectual property?" Locke, Hegel and Marx are drawn upon in the discussion.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1855212404
• ISBN 13: 9781855212404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272