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Who Owns Ideas?: The War Over Global Intellectual Property.

Copy Fights, edited by Adam Thierer and Wayne Crews, offers a provocative and balanced introduction to the emerging global battle over intellectual-property rights. A new book of essays published by the libertarian Cato Institute, it assesses both the current theories and the practice of intellectu...

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Published in:Foreign Affairs Vol. 81; no. 6; pp. 160 - 167
Main Author: Evans, David S.
Format: Article
Published: Foreign Affairs November/December 2002
Subjects:
Copyright infringement
Intellectual property
Patents (International law)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Copy Fights, edited by Adam Thierer and Wayne Crews, offers a provocative and balanced introduction to the emerging global battle over intellectual-property rights. A new book of essays published by the libertarian Cato Institute, it assesses both the current theories and the practice of intellectual-property protection. All of the contributors seek to address new issues raised about intellectual property in the digital age and all reveal that protecting ideas always demands a delicate balance between competing objectives and values.