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Culture vs. Copyright
AuthorAnatoly Volynets
IllustratorSasha Willins
Cover artistOlga Gessen
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsPhilosophy, culture, humanity, creativity, intellectual property
GenrePhilosophical diary
Published2014 (Total Knowledge)
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages142
ISBN978-0-9889557-0-7
OCLC865802929

Culture vs. Copyright: A Diary of a Naïve Philosopher is a philosophical diary by the Ukrainian American scholar Anatoly G. Volynets, published in 2014. It is Volynets' first book, consisting of dialogues among five first graders alternated with the thoughts of their teacher – the Naïve Philosopher of the subtitle – thoughts written in Volynets' own voice. The dialogues explore philosophical, psychological, economical and other aspects of Intellectual property in its relations with culture and civilization.

In general, the author is opposed to copyright, and also opposes all kinds of intellectual property, including but not limited to patents, trade marks, trade secrets, among others. Volynets' theory is they all do not serve the purpose they claim but do just the opposite, that is, they strip incentives from creators and inhibit "progress of Science and Useful rights", as specified in the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, often called the "Copyright Clause".

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