Information as IP Subject Matter

47 Pages Posted: 2 Feb 2010 Last revised: 12 Apr 2014

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Zohar Efroni

Stanford's Center for Internet and Society

Date Written: February 1, 2010

Abstract

This paper is a draft chapter from a forthcoming book on copyright law in the digital environment. This chapter (Draft Chapter 1 in the book) addresses the basic question of information as subject matter of IP regulation, especially in the context of copyright law. It develops a conception of information that seeks to descriptively and prescriptively inform the debate over property-like rights in "information" at a rather abstract level. The paper further suggests that this conception is applicable to numerous questions of regulation, policy and judicial interpretation.

Keywords: copyright, information subject matter, intellectual property, information theory, communication theory

Suggested Citation

Efroni, Zohar, Information as IP Subject Matter (February 1, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1546405 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1546405

Zohar Efroni (Contact Author)

Stanford's Center for Internet and Society ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305
United States

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