The commodification of information and the extension of proprietary rights into the public domain: Recent legal (case and other) developments in the United States

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-80

  Lipinski, Tomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification of information; Contract or license; Copyright; Legislation; Litigation; Misappropriation; Ownership of information; Private and public information spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033547146     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006112321280     Document Type: Article

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