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New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property

New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property

Author: Annabelle Lever
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107009318
Published In: July 2012
Format: Hardback , 360 pages
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Are intellectual property rights a threat to autonomy, global justice, indigenous rights, access to lifesaving knowledge and medicines? The essays in this volume examine the justification of patents, copyrights and trademarks in light of the political and moral controversy over TRIPS (the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). Written by a distinguished international group of experts, this book draws on the latest philosophical work on autonomy, equality, property ownership and human rights in order to explore the moral, political and economic implications of property rights in ideas. Written with an interdisciplinary audience in mind, these essays introduce readers to the latest debates in the philosophy of intellectual property, whether their interests are in the restrictions that copyright places on the reproduction of music and printed words or in the morality and legality of patenting human genes, essential medicines or traditional knowledge.

• Cutting edge collection of essays moves beyond familiar justifications for IP based on desert or on utility

• Interdisciplinary approach covers moral and political philosophy, economics, law, literary theory, anthropology and geography

• Sophisticated and nuanced treatment of the potential benefits and limitations of intellectual property

List of contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Table of cases	xi
Table of legislation and treaties	xiv
Introduction: Philosophy of intellectual property – incentives, rights and duties Annabelle Lever	1
1 Autonomy, social selves and intellectual property claims John Christman	33
2 Corrective justice and intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge Stephen R. Munzer	58
3 Designing a successor to the patent as second best solution to the problem of optimum provision of good ideas Alex Rosenberg	88
4 Ethical issues surrounding intellectual property rights Jorn Sonderholm	110
5 On the value of the intellectual commons James Wilson	122
6 Immorality and patents: The exclusion of inventions contrary to ordre public and morality Kathleen Liddell	140
7 ‘The genetic code is 3.6 billion years old: it’s time for a rewrite’ – questioning the metaphors and analogies of synthetic biology and life science patenting Graham Dutfield	172
8 Copyright infringement as compelled speech Abraham Drassinower	203
9 Public reason, communication and intellectual property Laura Biron	225
10 Illegal downloading, free riding and justice Geert Demuijnck	261
11 The virtuous p(eer): Reflections on the ethics of file sharing David Lametti	284
Bibliography	307
Index	329