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Strategies to detect and reduce counterfeiting activity

Neil Horton — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:50:31 +0000

Berman, B. (2008). Strategies to detect and reduce counterfeiting activity. Business Horizons, 51, 191-199.

While at one time counterfeit products were largely restricted to watches, designer apparel, and movies, today counterfeiting is a major problem in such diverse product categories as pharmaceuticals, automotive parts, and computer software. There are four distinct types of counterfeits: knockoffs, counterfeits [...]

Self-Control and Ethical Beliefs on the Social Learning of Intellectual Property Theft

Neil Horton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:20:25 +0000

Hinduja, S., & Ingram, J. R. (2008). Self-Control and Ethical Beliefs on the Social Learning of Intellectual Property Theft. Western Criminology Review, 9(2), 52-72.

Social learning theory has been identified as a strong predictor of various computer-related crimes, especially intellectual property theft (Higgins and Makin 2004; Hinduja 2006; Rogers 2001; Skinner and Fream 1997). Undoubtedly, the [...]

Piracy prevention and the pricing of information goods

Neil Horton — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:19:20 +0000

Cremer, H., & Pierre, P. (2009). Piracy prevention and the pricing of information goods. Information Economics and Policy, 21, 34-42.

This paper studies the effects of piracy on prices and welfare and determines the optimal enforcement policy. A monopolist sells an information good at a non-linear price in two versions designed for two types of consumers [...]

Foreword: The Opposite of Property?

Neil Horton — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:43:56 +0000

Boyle, J. (2003). Foreword: The Opposite of Property? Law and Contemporary Problems, 66, 1-32.

In November of 2001, Duke University School of Law held a conference on the public domain; the “outside” of the intellectual property system, the mate- rial that is free for all to use and to build upon. 1 So far as we [...]

A Politics of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net?

Neil Horton — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:42:56 +0000

Boyle, J. (1997). A Politics of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net? Duke Law Journal, 47.

This Essay argues that we need a politics, or perhaps a political economy, of intellectual property. Using the controversy over copyright on the Internet as a case study and the history of the environmental movement as a comparison, it offers [...]

Adaptive IP strategies in China: A tactical analysis

Neil Horton — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:14:53 +0000

Kumar, S., & Ellingson, J. (2007). Adaptive IP strategies in China: A tactical analysis. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 8, 139-158.

Purpose – The Chinese market presents numerous challenges to companies from industrialized nations, none of which is as daunting as protecting intellectual property (IP). It is necessary to develop a fresh approach for the US, EU [...]

From Consumers to Users: Shifting the Deeper Structures of Regulation Towards Sustainable Commons and User Access

Neil Horton — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:29:56 +0000

Benkler, Y. (2000). From Consumers to Users: Shifting the Deeper Structures of Regulation Towards Sustainable Commons and User Access. Federal Communications Law Journal, 52, 561-579.

In this paper, Benkler demonstrates that regulatory policy in the digitally networked environment is being used to replicate the current mass media structure in which individuals are passive consumers and argues [...]

Copyrighting Culture. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property

Neil Horton — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:31:56 +0000

Bettig, R. V. (1996). Copyrighting Culture. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property. Boulder: Westview Press.

Introduction to the Political Economy of Intellectual Property The political-economic theory of communications has already made a significant contribution to our understanding of mass communications and society. Denis McQuail identified three prominent trends in media business and technology that have greatly increased [...]

Intellectual Property Law

Neil Horton — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:29:56 +0000

Bentley, L., & Sherman, B. (2001). Intellectual Property Law. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

ISBN Number 0199292043

From Friday to Sunday: the hacker ethic and shifting notions of labour, leisure and intellectual property

Neil Horton — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:32:23 +0000

Brown, J. (2008). From Friday to Sunday: the hacker ethic and shifting notions of labour, leisure and intellectual property. Leisure Studies, 27, 395-409.

Leisure studies scholars have theorised how the Web is changing leisure experiences, and this essay continues that work by discussing the Web and shifting notions of leisure, labour and intellectual property. Much online [...]