The Limits of Copyright
General IP Issues
6/20/2000; 2:08:23 PM "As economists have confirmed, it is not the case that every increase in intellectual property protection always will increase innovation. Intellectual property is both an input and an output in the information economy. Raising the costs of inputs can dampen more than incent innovation. What is needed with intellectual property is balance, not extremes. Not "overly strong" intellectual property protection, but appropriately strong intellectual property protection."