Abstract

Two competing perspectives of information are analyzed. Information may be considered as a human right, meaning all people should have access to it regardless of their economic power, or as a commodity, only accessible for those who are able to pay for it. In the same vein, the dichotomy between private or shared property of information is examined, particularly meaningful in the field of intellectual property and copyright legislation.

Details

Title
Competing views of information: human right vs. commodity, private vs. shared property
Author
Fernández-Molina, J Carlos
Pages
239-242
Section
Special Issue: What is Really Information? An Interdisciplinary Approach
Publication year
2009
Publication date
2009
Publisher
TripleC Communication, Capitalism & Critique, published by Information Society Research
e-ISSN
1726670X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2703157114
Copyright
© 2009. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/at/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.