Against intellectual monopoly:

'Intellectual property' - patents and copyrights - have become controversial. We witness teenagers being sued for 'pirating' music - and we observe AIDS patients in Africa dying due to lack of ability to pay for drugs that are high priced to satisfy patent holders. Are patents an...

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Beteilige Person: Boldrin, Michele 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510854
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510854
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uniregensburg-ebooks/detail.action?docID=352991
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510854
Zusammenfassung:'Intellectual property' - patents and copyrights - have become controversial. We witness teenagers being sued for 'pirating' music - and we observe AIDS patients in Africa dying due to lack of ability to pay for drugs that are high priced to satisfy patent holders. Are patents and copyrights essential to thriving creation and innovation - do we need them so that we all may enjoy fine music and good health? Across time and space the resounding answer is: No. So-called intellectual property is in fact an 'intellectual monopoly' that hinders rather than helps the competitive free market regime that has delivered wealth and innovation to our doorsteps. This book has broad coverage of both copyrights and patents and is designed for a general audience, focusing on simple examples. The authors conclude that the only sensible policy to follow is to eliminate the patents and copyright systems as they currently exist
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Umfang:1 online resource (viii, 298 pages)
ISBN:9780511510854
9780521879286
9780521127264
0521879280
9780511413179
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511510854

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