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The justification of intellectual property: Contemporary philosophical disputes

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Once taken for granted as morally legitimate, legal protection of intellectual property rights have come under fire in the last 30 years as new technologies have evolved and severed the link between expression of ideas and such traditional material‐based media as books and magazines. These advances in digital technology have called attention to unique features of intellectual content that problematize intellectual property protection; any piece of intellectual content, for example, can be simultaneously appropriated by everyone in the world without thereby diminishing the supply of that content available to others. This essay provides an overview and assessment of the arguments and counterarguments on the issue of whether intellectual property should be legally protected.

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  • Kenneth Einar Himma, 2008. "The justification of intellectual property: Contemporary philosophical disputes," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 59(7), pages 1143-1161, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:59:y:2008:i:7:p:1143-1161
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.20853
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