Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information AgeAdam D. Thierer, Clyde Wayne Crews The modern information revolution has created a whole new set of policy issues concerning intellectual property rights that must be addressed, including what kind of copyright protections are appropriate for books and musical works, an issue popularised by the controversy over Napster. |
Contents
1 Indelicate Imbalancing in Copyright and Patent Law | 1 |
2 Defending Intellectual Property | 17 |
3 Intellectual Property Information Age | 37 |
4 Are Patents and Copyrights Morally Justified? The Philosophy of Property Rights and Ideal Objects | 43 |
II | 93 |
5 The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information Age | 95 |
6 His Napsters Voice | 107 |
7 Revising Copyright Law for the Information Age | 125 |
11 The New Legal Panic over Copyright | 177 |
12 Life after the DMCA and Napster | 185 |
Can Freedom of Speech Survive? | 189 |
Legal or Market Solutions? | 197 |
15 Protecting Intellectual Property in the Digital Age | 205 |
16 How Can They Patent That? | 221 |
Nothing New under the Sun | 229 |
A Systematic Approach to Evaluating Obviousness | 237 |
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