Intellectual liberty : natural rights and intellectual property /
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 philosophically defends the importance of the public...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. :
Ashgate,
©2012.
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| Series: | Law, ethics and governance.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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 philosophically 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. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 175 pages |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index. |
| ISBN: | 140944712X 9781409447122 1317115058 9781317115052 1283629550 9781283629553 9786613942005 6613942006 1317115066 9781317115069 |
