Copyright, and indeed all intellectual property, reflects a compromise between the need for reward on creations we see by reserving them to the creator and the need to let information freely flow so as to permit further creations to emerge with as few encumbrances as possible. Over the past...

Copyright, and indeed all intellectual property, reflects a compromise between the need for reward on creations we see by reserving them to the creator and the need to let information freely flow so as to permit further creations to emerge with as few encumbrances as possible. Over the past...

This paper looks at sui generis rights claimed for the protection of folklore. Since rights should not be created in any which way if one is to avoid privileges and rent-seeking, it is important to be clear about design constraints stemming from such rights being species of property rights,...