{"product_id":"9781595581228","title":"Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy?","description":"How multinational corporations are patenting life itself.Uncovering the story of how a small coterie of multinational corporations came to write the charter for a new global information order, \u003ci\u003eInformation Feudalism\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates why the world of intellectual property rights, patent regimes, and anti-trust laws is an urgent concern for ordinary citizens. As an ever wider range of everyday activities—from swinging in a swing to traditional farming techniques—are identified and commodified as intellectual property, struggles over the control of information are destined to become crucial battlegrounds in the twenty-first century. A telling example is the five-year courtroom battle fought by a coalition of activists to bring cheap versions of desperately needed AIDS drugs to South Africa—in which time one million people died of AIDS in that country alone. \u003ci\u003eInformation Feudalism\u003c\/i\u003e traces the rise of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the little-known charter that now governs intellectual property disputes across the globe, through inside accounts of the backroom deals that gave birth to it. Along the way, the book provides a mini-history of piracy, detailed accounts of the political involvement of multinationals like Pfizer, and a thorough set of proposals to establish democratic property rights. \u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: \u003cb\u003ePeter Drahos\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property at the University of London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Philosophy of Intellectual Property\u003c\/i\u003e and, with John Braithwaite, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Business Regulation.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Braithwaite\u003c\/b\u003e is a business regulatory scholar and former member of the Australian Economic Planning Advisory Council. His major works include \u003ci\u003eCorporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Corporations, Crime and Accountability\u003c\/i\u003e (with B. Fisse).  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031239114992,"sku":"9781595581228","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595581228_p0.jpg?v=1763812438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595581228","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}