| Steal This Idea: Intellectual Property and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Perelman, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 140396713X ISBN-13: 9781403967138 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Intellectual Property - General |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.78" W x 8.92" (0.78 lbs) 265 pages |
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| Publisher 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. |