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“Intellectual Property”
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Gregory Engels
• Co-Chairman of Pirate
Party International
• Geek
• Live in Germany
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights
Article 17
1. Everyone has the right to own property
alone as well as in association with others.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his
property
But, Article 17 do not
apply to “Intellectual
Property”
If “intellectual property” was the same or
just a form of property, it would be matched
by the article 17 of UDHR and the article
27.2 would not be necessary
Article 27
• Cicero: http://www.constitution.org/rom/de_officiis.htm