Abstract

Locke’s labor theory, the most familiar of property theories, has faced centuries of philosophical criticism. Nonetheless, recent legal scholars have applied it to intellectual property while overlooking these philosophical critiques. Philosophers, on the other hand, are largely absent in IP theorizing, thus not asking whether Locke’s resilient intuition is salvageable in copyright’s domain. This Article argues that Lockean copyright is actually far more plausible than Lockean property, for it avoids the most devastating objections the latter faces. It then defends a surprising doctrinal implication of this theoretical conclusion: a workable Lockean copyright favors rights far more limited than present law.

中文翻译：

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Lockean版权与Lockean财产

摘要

洛克的劳动理论是最熟悉的财产理论，已经面临了数百年的哲学批评。但是，最近的法律学者在忽略这些哲学批评的同时将其应用于知识产权。另一方面，哲学家在IP理论化方面基本上不存在，因此没有问洛克的弹性直觉在版权领域是否可以挽救。本文认为，洛克的版权实际上比洛克的财产更具说服力，因为它避免了洛克所面临的最具有破坏性的反对意见。然后，它捍卫了这一理论结论的令人惊讶的理论含义：可行的洛克安著作权主张的权利远比现行法律更为有限。