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[quote user="statelessrich"] I don't like that he compares IP to property rights in land, since land is scarce and ideas are not. [/quote] Use that to your advantage. Tell him: " If somebody breaks into my house and copies something that belongs to me, then it is my responsibility...
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In the "Production" section, which follows the "Creative Genius" section of Human Action , Mises defines prouction as (p. 140) not an act of creation [...]. The producer is not a creator. Man is creative only in thinking and in the realm of imagination. In the world of external phenomena...
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As a physicist with an interest in Austrian economics, Science, Technology, and Government by Murray N. Rothbard is the sort of book I was looking for! Mises.org is an incredible resource. Some related resources: "The Myth of Under-provision of Science by the Free Market" by Anita Acavalos...
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I found this to be a really great article about copyright from an anti-IP advocate who obviously has no real theoretical education on the subject. It's interesting to see how the argument is made from the perspective of someone who is exposed to the ills of government in this form and just knows...
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Has anybody paid attention (meaning read the bill S 23) to this so called "patent reform" which would switch the system to a first to file system. What difference does it make? There is no way you can reform the patent system unless you dramatically reduce the time involved (i.e. copyright...
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So I am in an odd place... I adhere wholly to the libertarian viewpoint that "IP" is actually an unethical state monopoly, but I am an entrepreneur in an industry (videogames) where it's tough to find people who agree, and even harder to convince them that this is a sustainable practice...
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Author's note: I am compiling in this thread a list of all the fallacies invoked against intellectual property rights. I would greatly appreciate if one of the authoritative members of forum involved in the Mises Institute were to promote this to a full Mises.org story, thus confirming the institute's...
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[quote user="Nitroadict"]How does one use the PDL; or more specifically, what symbol(s) does one use on say, a blog, to signify the use of the PDL?[/quote] Information about how to notify that content is distributed under the terms of the PDL can be found on this page: http://pdl.apotheon.org...