{"product_id":"9781473915763","title":"Owning the World of Ideas: Intellectual Property and Global Network Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormally, ownership of ideas is legally impossible, and can never be globally secured. Yet, in very real and significant ways these limits have been undone. In principle, ideas cannot be \u003ci\u003eowned\u003c\/i\u003e, yet, undoing the distinction between ideas and tangible manifestations, the distinction which underpins the principle, allows the principle to hold even whilst its meaning is hollowed out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePost-Cold War global network capitalism is premised upon regulatory structures designed to enforce \u003ci\u003ederegulation\u003c\/i\u003e in global markets and production, but at the same time to enforce global \u003ci\u003eregulation\u003c\/i\u003e of property and intellectual property in particular. However, this roll-out has not been without resistance and limitations. Globalization, the affordances of digital networks, and contradiction within capitalism itself - between private property and free markets - promote and undo global IP expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book David and Halbert map the rise of global IP protectionism, debunk the key justifications given for IPRs, dismiss the arguments put forward for global extension and harmonization; and suggest that roll-back, suspension, and even simply the bi-passing of IP in practice offer better solutions for promoting innovation and meeting human needs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048953725168,"sku":"9781473915763","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473915763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}