What is IP For? Experiments in Lay and Expert Perceptions

(Excerpt) This Essay develops in three parts. Part I explores the incentives, natural rights, and expressive bases for IP law as well as the implications of these bases for creators and users of IP works. Part II reports the results of several studies on IP perceptions among lay individuals and IP attorneys. Part III discusses the implications of the results for the functioning and the perceived legitimacy of the IP system.