A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Problem Limiting the Public Domain - Rawls's Veil of Ignorance and Time
Authors: Koskinen Jani S.S., Kimppa Kai K., Kainu Ville M.A.
Editors: Saranto Kaija, Castrén Maaret, Kuusela Tiina, Hyrynsalmi Sami, Ojala Stina
Conference name: 5th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2014
Publication year: 2014
Book title : Safe and Secure Cities
Series title: Communications in Computers and Information Science
Volume: 450
First page : 94
Last page: 99
ISBN: 978-3-319-10210-8
eISBN: 978-3-319-10211-5
ISSN: 1865-0929
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_10
Information, ideas and new inventions are crucial parts of modern society. Accumulated knowledge is a huge possibility for mankind and information technology has especially made it possible to share resources with all mankind. Nevertheless, the current situation where strong intellectual property rights exists the public domain has been limited and thus the possibilities to use that knowledge is limited especially for people lacking adequate income or property. It seems that the current situation is not well justified because current intellectual property rights are against the two Principles of Justice presented by Rawls. In addition intellectual property rights are a source of inequity towards the people of the future and would not be implemented behind Veil of Ignorance which is the core way to define whether a society is just according to Rawls. This paper shows examples which emphasize the view that new legislation for intellectual property is needed.