A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property

ISBN-13: 9781786991133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 292 str.

Mathew Callahan; Jim Rogers

Opis

From genetically modified foods to digital piracy, the concept of intellectual property (IP) and the laws upholding it play a central economic role in our society today, but its political and ideological dimensions have rarely been understood outside of specialist circles. This collection cuts through the legal jargon that so often surrounds IP in order to provide a comprehensive history and close analysis that explore the corporate interests that have shaped how IP is conceived and managed.

Up-to-date and comprehensive, this book examines the wider implications of the concept of IP and questions how IP law has been used to safeguard and assert the ownership of ideas and creativity. Today, with mounting challenges from the growth of free software and open source movements, this collection provides an accessible and alternative guide to IP, exploring its significance within the wider struggle between capital and the commons.

Spis treści

1. Why Intellectual Property? Why Now? - Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers 2. Running Through the Jungle: My Introduction to Intellectual Property - Mat Callahan Part I: Historical Context and Conceptual Frameworks 3. Intellectual Property Rights and their Diffusion around the World: Towards a Global History - Colin Darch 4. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property - Michael Perelman 5. I Am Because I Own vs. I Am Because We Are - Mat Callahan Part II: Terrains of Conflict and Terms of Engagement 6. Owning up to Owning Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants - Josef A. Brinckmann 7. Using Human Rights to Move Beyond Reformism to Radicalism: A2K for Schools, Libraries and Archives - Caroline B. Ncube 8. Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Copyright and Continuity in the Contemporary Music Economy - Jim Rogers 9. Free Software and Open Source Movements from Digital Rebellion to Aaron Swartz: Responses to Government and Corporate Attempts at Suppression and Enclosure - Paul McKimmy (with a coda by Bob Jolliffe) Part III: Law, Policy and Jurisdiction 10. Rethinking the World Intellectual Property Organization - Deborah J. Halbert 11. What is Intellectual Property? - Blayne Haggart 12. Piracy, States and the Legitimation of Authority - Mat Callahan 13. Summary and Concluding Remarks - Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers