Re: copyright

["Charles K. MacKay" <ckmackay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

_Philosophy and Public Affairs_ a few years back had a long article
entitled "Justifying Intellectual Property" that had a decidely Marxist
flavor and basically concluded that the ratio of innovation to "cultural
background" in any "new" idea was so low that intellectual property,
under any of the usual legal definitions, could not be justified
morally/logically. Don't have the issue anymore but looking in something
like _The Philosopher's Index_ might turn up the reference right away --
as would a scan of the covers of the issues in the library.

Happy hunting --

Charlie



zodiac wrote:
>
> Anyone ever run across a book/article/paper specifically dealing with
> copyright (as opposed to property in general)?
>
> I just finished a piece on copyright and the net, and would appreciate a
> perspective other than the mainstream legal system...
>
> Ken.
>
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