Intellectual Property and Immorality
- Against Protecting Harmful Creations of the Mind
- Indbinding:
- Hardback
- Sideantal:
- 360
- Udgivet:
- 25. maj 2022
- Størrelse:
- 249x165x36 mm.
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- 726 g.
- 8-11 hverdage.
- 11. februar 2025
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Beskrivelse af Intellectual Property and Immorality
Should a machine that emits harmful levels of pollution receive patent protection? Should pornography receive copyright protection? This book argues that certain intellectual creations should not receive patent or copyright protection on the grounds that those works are harmful to society. The book posits that the theories of intellectual property and the Intellectual Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution suggest this conclusion. It also considers severalcounterarguments: in particular, that denying protection might increase the output of objectionable works, that other laws should address moral problems, and that intellectual property functions better under a laissez-faire approach. Despite these counterarguments, the book contends that law should neverencourage or reward harmful behavior. This simple principle implies that courts should exercise their equitable powers to deny enforcement of intellectual property for works involving unlawful conduct. It implies that courts should deny protection for works that clearly fall outside the Intellectual Property Clause''s scope of protectable works. And it implies that Congress should consider denying protection for works that pose clear harms to society. The book also addresses the intersectionbetween denying intellectual property protection and maintaining free speech protection. In that regard, the book recognizes that the Free Speech Clause severely limits Congress''s discretionary authority to deny copyright protection for expression that it deems immoral. The book concludes that courts,Congress, and government agencies should exercise limited discretion in deciding whether certain intellectual works are morally eligible for intellectual property protection.
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