Coming Trade War: Intellectual property rights

Via Agonist. The Coming Trade War - Intellectual property rights.
Property rights are a social institution, not a natural phenomenon. Intellectual property is an invention of the knowledge-based economy.
When a law is unjust, it invites widespread violation. How about an international affirmative-action program for IP, or IP amnesty for the underdeveloped Third World for 50 [...]

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