A critical guide to intellectual property / edited by Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers.

A wide-ranging critique of the concept and practice of intellectual property.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Callahan, Mathew, 1951- (Editor), Rogers, Jim, 1969- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Zed Books Ltd., 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Why intellectual property? Why now?; 2. Running through the jungle; Section One: Historical context and conceptual frameworks; 3. Intellectual property rights and their diffusion around the world; 4. The political economy of intellectual property; 5. I am because I own vs. I am because we are; Section Two: Terrains of conflict and terms of engagement; 6. Owning up to owning traditional knowledge of medicinal plants; 7. Using human rights to move beyond reformism to radicalism; 8. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
  • 9. Free software and open source movements from digital rebellion to Aaron Swartz; Coda: What's radical about free/open source software?; Section Three: Law, policy and jurisdiction; 10. Rethinking the World Intellectual Property Organization; 11. What is intellectual property?; 12. Piracy, states and the legitimation of authority; 13. Summary and concluding remarks; About the editors and contributors; Index.