A Philosophy of Intellectual Property
by Peter Drahos
Publisher: ANU eText 2016
ISBN-13: 9781925022957
Number of pages: 312
Description:
The author 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 emphasises the connection between labour and property rights.
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