The Political Economy of Intellectual Property.

The writer contends that the dramatic expansion of intellectual property rights represents a new phase in commodification that threatens to make almost everything bad about capitalism even worse. He indicates that strengthening intellectual property rights will result in the consolidation of class...

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Publicado en:Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. 29 - 38
Autor principal: Perelman, Michael
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Monthly Review Foundation January 2003
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