Beyond Intellectual Property

Download or read book Beyond Intellectual Property written by William Kingston and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New instruments for protecting investment in information have been historically important for initiating long-wave economic cycles. William Kingston argues that although IP has been one such method, it is increasingly proving ineffective because its laws have been progressively shaped by the interests that benefit from them, rather than by visions of the public good. He demonstrates that repair will require such visions, which would also underwrite radically new forms of information protection. --