In the broadest terms my goal in this work is to justify rights to intellectual property. Rule-
utilitarians who offer incentives based arguments think that this goal is easily attained …

It is commonly assumed that intellectual works can be owned in much the same way as cars,
computers, and VCRs. A basic rule of copyright and patent law is that while ideas …

It is commonly assumed that intellectual works can be owned in much the same way as cars,
computers, and VCRs. A basic rule of copyright and patent law is that while ideas …

Nor was this appropriation of any parcel of land by improving it any prejudice to any other
man, since there was still enough and as good left, and more than the yet unprovided could …

In the broadest terms my goal in this work is to justify rights to intellectual property. Rule-
utilitarians who offer incentives based arguments think that this goal is easily attained …

Nor was this appropriation of any parcel of land by improving it any prejudice to any other
man, since there was still enough and as good left, and more than the yet unprovided could …

What follows is a brief introduction to the domain or subject matter of intellectual property, an
examination of the most widely supported rule-utilitarian argument, a defense of a new …