Libertarian views on intellectual property law

Soepboer, Mick

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dc.contributor.advisor	Davis, Dennis	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Soepboer, Mick	en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-30T18:09:51Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-30T18:09:51Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Soepboer, M. 2009. Libertarian views on intellectual property law. University of Cape Town.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4557
dc.description.abstract	During the elections for the European Parliament in June 2009, an unknown party in Sweden turned out to be very successful. The Pirate Party, campaigning for patents to be scrapped and copyright to last just five years instead of 70, received 7% of the votes in the Scandinavian country, giving the party the right to a seat in the Parliament in Brussels. These modern day pirates are most successful in Sweden, but similar parties exist in the United States and a number of European countries as well. In modern society, copyrights, patents, and other forms of intellectual property play a bigger role in normal life than they did one or two decades ago. This development makes people more aware of all the effects of intellectual property theory and policy cause. It also brings up the discussion concerning whether the original goals of the policies are still being pursued properly. Is the chosen path in IP law still a valid one in this digital age or is it time to rethink the structure?	en_ZA
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.subject.other	Commercial Law	en_ZA
dc.title	Libertarian views on intellectual property law	en_ZA
dc.type	Master Thesis
uct.type.publication	Research	en_ZA
uct.type.resource	Thesis	en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution	University of Cape Town
dc.publisher.faculty	Faculty of Law	en_ZA
dc.publisher.department	Department of Commercial Law	en_ZA
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Masters
dc.type.qualificationname	LLM	en_ZA
uct.type.filetype	Text
uct.type.filetype	Image
dc.identifier.apacitation	Soepboer, M. (2009). <i>Libertarian views on intellectual property law</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4557	en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation	Soepboer, Mick. <i>"Libertarian views on intellectual property law."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4557	en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation	Soepboer M. Libertarian views on intellectual property law. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4557	en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris	TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Soepboer, Mick AB - During the elections for the European Parliament in June 2009, an unknown party in Sweden turned out to be very successful. The Pirate Party, campaigning for patents to be scrapped and copyright to last just five years instead of 70, received 7% of the votes in the Scandinavian country, giving the party the right to a seat in the Parliament in Brussels. These modern day pirates are most successful in Sweden, but similar parties exist in the United States and a number of European countries as well. In modern society, copyrights, patents, and other forms of intellectual property play a bigger role in normal life than they did one or two decades ago. This development makes people more aware of all the effects of intellectual property theory and policy cause. It also brings up the discussion concerning whether the original goals of the policies are still being pursued properly. Is the chosen path in IP law still a valid one in this digital age or is it time to rethink the structure? DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Libertarian views on intellectual property law TI - Libertarian views on intellectual property law UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4557 ER -	en_ZA