Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Casebook, Touchscreen, Industrial Revolution

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

197-217 cases in casebook cipo about intellectual property protection. Provides summary of principles of intellectual property in canada. gap between rich and poor is growing property law affects this area. Based on inequality, without it, no capitalism. 08-09 financial meltdown, big banks destroyed worlds economy, millions of people lost jobs. Housing industry would not collapse, that was their bet, and they were completely wrong. Millions of people lost their savings, devastating impact on entire world. Banks financial record all good though because they got bailed out. Intellectual property very modern, wealth was determined in terms of real estate, if you were wealthy, you were land owner. With industrial revolution, wealth has meant owning means of production. Recently, we have think of wealth in terms of creations of the mind(intellectual property) Become wealthy from commercializing this kind of an asset. Aaron schwartz developing political aspirations to ensure that important info could be freelt accessed and shared.