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UNINA9910782130903321 |
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Boldrin Michele <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Against intellectual monopoly / / Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
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1-107-18376-6 |
1-281-75141-3 |
9786611751418 |
0-511-41476-5 |
0-511-51085-3 |
0-511-41544-3 |
0-511-41317-3 |
0-511-41222-3 |
0-511-41409-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Intellectual property - Economic aspects |
Competition |
Monopolies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introdection -- Creation under competition -- Innovation under competition -- The evil of intellectual monopoly -- The devil in Disney -- How competition works -- Defenses of intellectual monopoly -- Does intellectual monopoly increase innovation? -- The pharmaceutical industry -- The bad, the good, and the ugly. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Intellectual property' - patents and copyrights - have become controversial. We witness teenagers being sued for 'pirating' music - and we observe AIDS patients in Africa dying due to lack of ability to pay for drugs that are high priced to satisfy patent holders. Are patents and copyrights essential to thriving creation and innovation - do we need them so that we all may enjoy fine music and good health? Across time and space the resounding answer is: No. So-called intellectual |
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