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Intellectual Property and the Prisoner's Dilemma: A Game Theory Justification of Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Moore, Adam D. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Setting aside various foundational moral entanglements, I will offer an argument for the protection of intellectual property based on individual self-interest and prudence. In large part, this argument will parallel considerations that arise in a prisoner’s dilemma game. After sketching the salient features of a prisoner’s dilemma, I will briefly examine the nature of intellectual property and how one can view content creation, exclusion, and access as a prisoner’s dilemma. In brief, allowing content to be unprotected in terms of free access leads to a sub-optimal outcome where creation and innovation are suppressed. Finally, I will argue that adopting the institutions of copyright, patent, and trade secret is one way we can avoid these sub-optimal results. |
| Related Links | https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1703&context=iplj https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=2825252 |
| ISSN | 10914358 |
| e-ISSN | 15565068 |
| DOI | 10.2139/ssrn.2825252 |
| Journal | SSRN Electronic Journal |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2016-08-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Intellectual Property |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health |
