Intellectual Property
Sep. 10, 2009
Our Path to Misunderstanding Copyright
In "Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars," William Patry argues that the copyright wars throughout history can be traced back to words and metaphors.
Although it may be said that in the current economic environment in the United States we live under a hybrid, dual economy where there is socialism for the wealthy and raw capitalism for the middle and lower classes, we still rely on the marketplace, rather than patronage or state sponsorship for the creation of works of authorship. The economic conflict at the heart of the Copyright Wars lies in what economist Joseph Schumpeter termed &q...
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