Piracy as Conflict. Discourses on Intellectual Property Rights in Mexico

This article examines the evolution of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in relation to anti-piracy actions undertaken by the Mexican government. The ‘war against piracy’ is based on the world trade legal structure. The author’s central argument is that the criminalization of piracy is n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Aguiar, José Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/434
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/434
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intellectual property rights
piracy
illegality
Mexico.
Derecho de autor
Pirateria
Ilegalidad
México
Intellectual property
Piracy
Illegality
Descripción
Sumario:This article examines the evolution of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in relation to anti-piracy actions undertaken by the Mexican government. The ‘war against piracy’ is based on the world trade legal structure. The author’s central argument is that the criminalization of piracy is not the result of a process of national interest which has as its objective the promotion and intensification of intellectual property rights or the rule of law but, rather, emerges from a punitive perspective emanating from networks of international interests and transnational actors characteristic of global neoliberalism.