Coming Trade War: Intellectual property rights

August 4th, 2005 at 16:31 Björn Hallberg

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 years? It would speed up global development, and the advanced economies would also benefit more than they would lose as a result.

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