Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information Age

Adam D. Thierer, Clyde Wayne Crews

Cato Institute, 2002 - Political Science - 295 pages

A debate on the theory of intellectual property, the

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This collection of essays "springs" from the Fifth Annual Cato/Forbes ASAP Technology and Society conference, "The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information Age," and is split into two parts ...

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: 94
• 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
• 8 How Copyright Became Controversial: 147
• 9 A Lukewarm Defense of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: 163
• Providing Locks for Digital Doors: 171
• 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
• Contributors: 273
• Index: 281

Bibliographic information

• Title: Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information Age
• Editors: Adam D. Thierer, Clyde Wayne Crews
• Publisher: Cato Institute, 2002
• ISBN: 1930865252, 9781930865259
• Length: 295 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Reference