Copyright Abolition and Attribution
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Ben Depoorter
Abstract
An increasing number of scholarly voices challenge the balance between incentives and deadweight losses created by intellectual property rights. In their book Against Intellectual Monopoly (2008), Boldrin and Levine) move beyond pragmatic calls to fine-tune the scope of intellectual property rights to question the very premises of the quid pro quo underlying the intellectual property rights system. In this brief essay, we contemplate the effects of removing traditional copyright protection. We draw upon the available literature in economic theory and copyright scholarship to examine the likely incentive effects of copyright abolition on authors, while considering the available non-legal forms of remuneration for authors. Furthermore, we contemplate a version of copyright protection grounded and limited to a mandatory right of attribution.
©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
Articles in the same Issue
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- Introduction: The Kauffman Foundation Conference on Intellectual Property and Innovation
- Does Intellectual Monopoly Help Innovation?
- A Cautious Defense of Intellectual Oligopoly With Fringe Competition
- Evaluating the Economic Performance of Property Systems
- Copyright Abolition and Attribution
- A Rhetorical Response to Boldrin & Levine: Against Intellectual (Property) Extremism
- Watt, Again? Boldrin and Levine Still Exaggerate the Adverse Effect of Patents on the Progress of Steam Power
- Responding to the Challenges of "Against Intellectual Monopoly"
- A Recommendation on How to Intelligently Approach Emerging Problems in Intellectual Property Systems
Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- Introduction: The Kauffman Foundation Conference on Intellectual Property and Innovation
- Does Intellectual Monopoly Help Innovation?
- A Cautious Defense of Intellectual Oligopoly With Fringe Competition
- Evaluating the Economic Performance of Property Systems
- Copyright Abolition and Attribution
- A Rhetorical Response to Boldrin & Levine: Against Intellectual (Property) Extremism
- Watt, Again? Boldrin and Levine Still Exaggerate the Adverse Effect of Patents on the Progress of Steam Power
- Responding to the Challenges of "Against Intellectual Monopoly"
- A Recommendation on How to Intelligently Approach Emerging Problems in Intellectual Property Systems
