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[quote user="tonyfernandez"] Is intimidation suitable? [/quote] Actually, no. Because the entire premise behind IP laws is theft/stealing/robbery, not copying/duplicating/imitating. But like I said before: One problem with IP laws (at least the way they are written today) is that they conflict with property rights. You can't have conflicting
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[quote user="tonyfernandez"] I thought that what I was being told before (with the arguments I've heard against IP rights) was that basically this idea would be free to steal, or at least there would be no legal problems with stealing it. [/quote] Tell me, how exactly would someone go about stealing and idea?
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I thinking local zoning laws would outlaw a steel mill in the suburbs, therefore, preventing much pollution.
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One problem with IP laws (at least the way they are written today) is that they conflict with property rights. You can't have conflicting rights. IP laws say that if Person A patents MagLev rails, then Person B cannot use his own steel to make MagLev rails without the permission of Person A. Therefore, Person A also has rights over your steel simply
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[quote user="SilentXtarian"]Is there any room for unions in a libertarian society?[/quote] Yes. But not the kind we have today in the US where the government-backed unions have the power to coerce the businesses. [quote user="SilentXtarian"]What kinds of protests would be allowed in a libertarian society?[/quote] Depends on the agreement
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[quote user="SilentXtarian"]I think it's utopianish, because, well depending on the kind of libertarian philosophy you stumble upon it puts too much faith in the individual. I am all for limited government... but the libertarian ideology is at some parts-- like with the unions-- really fails to miss the points and puts too much faith in
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[quote user="SilentXtarian"] ... Then for a tme I became invested in libertarian thought but I recognized that THIS TOO is a utopian ideology. [/quote] How/why is it utopian? Please explain/expand. [quote user="SilentXtarian"]And a libertarian ideology would be terrible for mentally disabled people, or, poor people for that matter
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ahem. rhetorical question.
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Who says you can't have private roads?
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Her argument against "deregulation" is that it causes banks to go bankrupt. But what's wrong with banks, or any company, going bankrupt?