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Match the pair : I II (a) The personhood theory (1) The creation comes from the effort and creativity…

Personhood theory connects intellectual property with the development of personality, while natural rights theory connects it with the creator's labour. Utilitarian theory…

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(a) The personhood theory(1) The creation comes from the effort and creativity of its author, therefore an author has a natural right over the production of their intellectual labour
(b) The natural rights theory(2) The industrial progress and cultural goods have a beneficial effect on society. Thus, IPR rights are incentive to the creator because of the profit they bring for the whole society
(c) The utilitarian theory(3) The ethics requires a fair and proportional contribution for the effort that the creator has made for the social utility
(d) The ethic and reward theory(4) The developing of the personality is inherent to the property right. The IPR permit and protect the developing of the personality which extends to the material things

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Personhood theory connects intellectual property with the development of personality, while natural rights theory connects it with the creator's labour. Utilitarian theory stresses benefits to society, and the ethic and reward theory stresses a fair reward for the creator's contribution.

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