Mark A. Lemley despre proprietate,proprietate intelectuala si "free riding"

Mark A. Lemley ,unul dintre cei mai "iscusiti"(parere personala) autori de proprietate intelectuala americani ai momentului, are un nou articol la SSRN,intitulat Property, Intellectual Property, and Free Riding (un link catre articol apare si direct in titlu)
In el,Lemley abordeaza una din prezumtiile (analogice) ale analizei economice ale dreptului de proprietate intelectuala, folosita frecvent in literatura americana de specialitate.Dar iata mai jos abstract-ul articolului...

"Courts and scholars have increasingly assumed that intellectual property is a form of property, and have applied the economic insights of Harold Demsetz and other property theorists to condemn the use of intellectual property by others as "free riding."
In this article, I argue that this represents a fundamental misapplication of the economic theory of property. The economics of property is concerned with internalizing negative externalities - harms that one person's use of land does to another's interest to it, as in the familiar tragedy of the commons. But the externalities in intellectual property
are positive, not negative, and property theory offers little or no justification for internalizing positive externalities. Indeed, doing so is at odds with the logic and functioning of the market. From this core insight, I proceed to explain why free riding is desirable in intellectual property cases except in limited circumstances where curbing it is necessary to encourage creativity. I explain why economic theory demonstrates that too much protection is just as bad as not enough protection, and therefore why intellectual property law
must search for balance, not free riders. Finally, I consider whether we would be better served by another metaphor than the misused notion of intellectual property as a form of tangible property.

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