Steal This Idea: Intellectual Property and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity
Language: English
Business & Economics Economic Policy Economics Engineering (General) General Industrial Management Information Management Knowledge Capital Political Economy Political Science Public Policy Technology & Engineering
Publisher: Springer
Published: Sep 26, 2016
Description:
This book describes how corporate powers have erected a rapacious system of intellectual property rights to confiscate the benefits of creativity in science and culture. This legal system threatens to derail both economic and scientific progress, while disrupting society and threatening personal freedom. Perelman argues that the natural outcome of this system is a world of excessive litigation, intrusive violations of privacy, the destruction system of higher education, interference with scientific research, and a lopsided distribution of income.