Resisting Intellectual Property

Name: Resisting Intellectual Property
Brand: Routledge
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By Halbert, Debora J.

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Over the past decade, the scope of copyright and patent law has grown significantly, strengthening property rights, even when such rights seem to infringe upon other, more basic, priorities. This book investigates the ways in which activists, scholars, and communities are resisting the expansion of copyright and patent law in the information age. Debora J. Halbert explores how an alternative framework for understanding intellectual property-including about how we "ought" to think about the issues, the development of social movements around specific issues, and civil disobedience-has developed. Each chapter in the book discusses how resistance is developing in relation to a particular copyright or patent issue such as: * Access to patented medication * Access to copyrighted information and music via the Internet * The patenting of genetic material. This controversial book examines the ways in which the idea of intellectual property is being re-thought by the victims of an over-expansive legal system. It will appeal to students and researchers from a range of disciplines, from law and political science to computer science, with an interest in intellectual property.

Product details

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

252

Release Date:

2005-06-01

Publication Date:

2005-04-21

Publisher:

Routledge

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0415701279

ISBN13:

9780415701273

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

546 g

Height:

161 cm

Width:

240 cm

Thickness:

18 cm

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