Libertarian views on intellectual property law

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dc.contributor.advisorDavis, Dennisen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSoepboer, Micken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T18:09:51Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T18:09:51Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDuring 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.identifier.apacitationSoepboer, 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/11427/4557en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSoepboer, 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/11427/4557en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSoepboer, M. 2009. Libertarian views on intellectual property law. University of Cape Town.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
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/4557
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSoepboer 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/11427/4557en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCommercial Lawen_ZA
dc.titleLibertarian views on intellectual property lawen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameLLMen_ZA
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