Introduction How Intellectual Property Rights Enrich the Few While Undermining Liberty, Science, and Society

Michael Perelman

A chapter in Steal This Idea, 2002, pp 1-12 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This book explains how the ever-tightening grip of intellectual property rights threatens to undermine science, economic progress, personal liberty, and democracy. Of course, intellectual property rights are nothing new. They are just a fancy name for patents, copyrights, and trademarks—privileges that have been with us for centuries. But in recent years, intellectual property rights have taken on unprecedented powers. Before I go any further, consider the following examples of the abuses associated with intellectual property.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-07929-9_1

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