A Politics Of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net? by James Boyle
Wordy but well-thought-out article asserting that intellectual property laws need to be reduced, and that this should be accomplished by political machination much like the environmental movement uses. |
A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property"
This primer provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws. |
Against Intellectual Property
A page comprised primarily of links to information freedom sites, including books, music, and software, from an Anarchy Home Page. |
Brian Martin: Against intellectual property
An Australian university gives a powerful case against "intellectual property" laws. Includes a long bibliography of books supporting the point. |
Copyright Protection Is for Dinosaurs
fortune.com columnist Stewart Alsop explains why patents, copyrights, and trademarks are outdated and worse than useless. |
Copyright: Guardian of Intellectual Property
Guide to computer ethics issues and current news includes an introduction to the problematic copyright issues raised by digital media. |
Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX)
A news and discussion site dedicated to critical analysis of the use, abuse, and relevance of IP Law. [Slash-style site] |
Information Liberation: Against Intellectual Property
A chapter from the book Information Liberation, written by Brian Martin. |
Intellectual Property Compensation Via Tipping
Article that proposes (with case studies) that tipping may be a viable compensation model for intellectual property (such as music and books). |
Intellectual Property Issues
An impressive list of links to articles concerning intellectual "property" issues, from all sides. |
IP Future
This group is organized to promote discussion of intellectual property laws worldwide. It is hoped that a network of interested people can come together to begin discussing a future for intellectual property law which balances the needs of people with th |
IP Matters
A pro-IP publication devoted to intellectual property matters. Includes features, interviews, research reports and analysis, and IP statistics. |
Library Juice Copyright Issue
A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and the internet. |
Mid-Atlantic Infoshop - Against Intellectual Property
A page critical of copyrights, trademarks, and intellectual property. |
Negativland - Fair Use
An essay exploring whether artists, for profit or not, have the right to freely "sample" from an already "created" electronic environment that surrounds them for use in their own work. |
Proposal for a Free Unix
A proposal from 1993 for a free unix. |
Roundtable - 98.09
An Atlantic Unbound roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age |
The Mark is the Beast
An article describing the change in the usage of trademarks, and how it stifles our use of our own language. |
Weaving Webs of Ownership
An impressive dissertation (still in the works) on intellectual property laws |
