• DocumentCode
    1492963
  • Title

    Incentives to Innovate: Improve the Past or Break with It?

  • Author

    Lesk, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    81
  • Abstract
    Does more expansive copyright law increase creativity by discouraging adaptations of existing work? The author discusses examples from cooking, boatbuilding, and the theater.
  • Keywords
    copy protection; digital rights management; boatbuilding; cooking; copyright protections; digital rights management; theater; Books; Copyright protection; Law; Legal factors; Motion pictures; Permission; Privacy; Publishing; Security; Springs; copyright; creativity; information economics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2009.125
  • Filename
    5280140