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crl-15196	Bartovics, Albert F.	Boyle, James. Shamans, Software, and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard Univ. Pr., 1996 (text ed., 1997). 270p. $35 cloth (ISBN 0-674-80522-4); $15.95 alk. paper (IBSN 0-674-80523-2). LC 95‐42433.	1998	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1662	75	43	Patents theoretically encourage public disclo­ sure of novel information in exchange for a limited monopoly (fair or exces­ sive) on specific product designs. Exclu­ sive of adequate patents, free markets would tend to overproduce redundancy and underproduce novelty precisely because trade secrecy impedes the free flow of ideas from which subse­ quent innovations derive.	cache/crl-15196.pdf	txt/crl-15196.txt