1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457788903321

Autore

Merges Robert P

Titolo

Justifying intellectual property [[electronic resource] /] / Robert P. Merges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-674-06112-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Disciplina

346.04/8

Soggetti

Intellectual property - Philosophy

Intangible property

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Part One. FOUNDATIONS -- Chapter Two. Locke -- Chapter Three. Kant -- Chapter Four. Distributive Justice and IP Rights -- Part Two. PRINCIPLES -- Chapter Five. Midlevel Principles of IP Law -- Chapter Six. The Proportionality Principle -- Part Three. ISSUES -- Chapter Seven. Creative Professionals, Corporate Ownership, and Transaction Costs -- Chapter Eight. Property in the Digital Era -- Chapter Nine. Patents and Drugs for the Developing World -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why should a property interest exist in an intangible item? In recent years, arguments over intellectual property have often divided proponents-who emphasize the importance of providing incentives for producers of creative works- from skeptics who emphasize the need for free and open access to knowledge.In a wide-ranging and ambitious analysis, Robert P. Merges establishes a sophisticated rationale for the most vital form of modern property: IP rights. His insightful new book answers the many critics who contend that these rights are inefficient, unfair, and theoretically incoherent. But Merges' vigorous defense of IP is also a call for appropriate legal constraints and boundaries: IP rights are real, but they come with real limits.Drawing on Kant, Locke, and Rawls as well as contemporary scholars,



Merges crafts an original theory to explain why IP rights make sense as a reward for effort and as a way to encourage individuals to strive. He also provides a novel explanation of why awarding IP rights to creative people is fair for everyone else in society, by contributing to a just distribution of resources. Merges argues convincingly that IP rights are based on a solid ethical foundation, and-when subject to fair limits-these rights are an indispensable part of a well-functioning society.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788922203321

Autore

Woolf Virginia <1882-1941.>

Titolo

The voyage out / / Virginia Woolf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Auckland, New Zealand] : , : Floating Press, , 1915

2010

ISBN

1-77651-182-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (609 p.)

Disciplina

823/.912

Soggetti

Young women

Women travelers

Women - Social conditions

Ocean travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; Chapter XVII; Chapter XVIII; Chapter XIX; Chapter XX; Chapter XXI; Chapter XXII; Chapter XXIII; Chapter XXIV; Chapter XXV; Chapter XXVI; Chapter XXVII

Sommario/riassunto

The first novel in what would be a remarkable but tragically curtailed creative career, Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out recounts the tale of Rachel Vinrace's literal and metaphorical journey. En route to South America on one of her father's ships, Rachel undertakes her own voyage of self-discovery as she interacts with a motley crew of passengers, through whom Woolf takes the opportunity to savagely



satirize the bourgeois mores of Edwardian England.