May 22, 2012
Michael Burstein on Information Exchange and IP Law
Jerry Brito
Former Senior Research Fellow
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.Michael Burstein, assistant professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, discusses his paper entitled, Exchanging Information Without Intellectual Property. Burstein begins by discussing theories behind IP law and why it exists. According to Burstein, IP law incentivizes creation of intellectual works because it protects the creator’s investment by preventing others from copying the work and obtaining a benefit without any effort.
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