The Ontology of Cyberspace Law, Philosophy, and the Future of Intellectual Property

by Koepsell, David R.

• ISBN13: 9780812694239
• ISBN10: 0812694236
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-10
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

With the proliferation of computer software and media, controversies have arisen around copyright and patent law. This book is based on the idea that the cyberworld encompasses all computer-mediated phenomena. Koepsell proposes intellectual property protection to cope with the complexities of the virtual world, and argues that the subjects of patents and copyrights are essentially the same — they are all manmade, intentionally produced objects, and all “expressions” of some kind.

Author Biography

David R. Koepsell is Executive Director of the Center for Applied Ontology and adjunct assistant professor of philosophy at SUNY Buffalo.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Preliminary Questions	p. 1
Ontology: Its Correct Object and Method	p. 19
Some Methodologies of Legal Ontology	p. 33
The Legal Ontology of Intellectual Property	p. 43
The Legal Ontology of Software	p. 59
The Commonsense Categories of Cyberspace	p. 77
Artifice and Expression	p. 85
A New Ontology of Cyberspace	p. 97
Implications of the New Ontology of Cyberspace	p. 113
References	p. 131
Index	p. 135
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