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020 _a9781409447115 (Hardback)
082 _a347.77
_bBRE
100 _aBreakey Hugh
245 _aIntellectual Liberty: natural rights and intellectual property
260 _aNew York:
_bRoutledge,
_c2016.
300 _ax,175p.
520 _aConsidering the steady increase in intellectual property rights in the last century, does it make sense to speak of 'user's rights' and can limitations on intellectual liberty be justified from a rights-based perspective? This book philosophically defends the importance of the public domain and user's rights through the use of natural-rights thought. Utilizing primarily the work of John Locke, it contends that considerations of natural justice and human freedom impose powerful constraints on the proper reach and substance of intellectual property rights, especially copyright
650 _aIntellectual property
650 _aFair use (Copyright)
650 _aLAW - Business and Financial
650 _aLAW - Intellectual Property - General
650 _aPrinciples of justified acquisition and duty imposing powers
650 _aInternal restrictions on natural intellectual property rights
650 _aUser's rights and the public domain
650 _aEthical justification for the right to intellectual liberty
650 _aRight to intellectual liberty in law
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