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Intellectual liberty : natural rights and intellectual property / Hugh Breakey

Author
Breakey, Hugh
Additional Titles
Natural rights and intellectual property
Published
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 175 pages
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Introduction -- Principles of justified acquisition and duty imposing powers -- Internal restrictions on natural intellectual property rights -- User's rights and the public domain -- The ethical justification for the right to intellectual liberty -- The right to intellectual liberty in law -- Conclusion.
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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ISBN
140944712X (electronic bk.)
9781409447122 (electronic bk.)
1317115058
9781317115052
1283629550
9781283629553
9786613942005
6613942006
1317115066
9781317115069
9781409447115 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409447111 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781315589091 (electronic bk.)
1315589095 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index.
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