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Puritan Britain

"A bill outlawing the possession of "extreme pornography" is set to become law next week. But many fear it has been rushed through and will criminalise innocent people with a harmless taste for unconventional sex." BBC article Britain...

Posted to libertas by Libertas est Veritas on Tue, Apr 29 2008
A kinder, gentler capitalism

It is not always easy to understand the thinking behind calls for a more 'humane' form of capitalism. These calls seem to arise mainly from the left and from corporate leaders who wish to seem compassionate. For example, recently the CEO of a...

Posted to libertas by Libertas est Veritas on Tue, Apr 29 2008
News: Court Rejects "Attempted Infringement" Claim

A district court has resoundingly rejected the music industry's claim that the mere potential of copyright infringement (the "make available" theory of infringement) does not constitute infringement of distribution rights. From the Electronic...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Mon, Apr 28 2008

Filed under: copyfight
Akismet Spam Rule for Community Server 2008

This is an update of the Akismet plugin by Thomas Freudenberg found here . Download

Posted to The Mises Tech Update by David V on Mon, Apr 28 2008

Filed under: Akismet
The Myth of "The Rule of Law"

The theory of a republic is essentially that, in contrast to democracy in which there is tyranny of the majority and in contrast to monarchy in which there is the rule of a single man or oligarchy, the law itself is what rules rather than men. In essence...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Mon, Apr 28 2008

Filed under: Determinism, The Calculation Problem, Democracy, Constitution, Social Contract, Human Nature, Prohibition, Crime and Punishment
News: Reinhardt v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al

Richard Reinhardt's copyright infringement case against digital-music distributors Wal-Mart, Apple, and Real Networks has been dismissed by a judge frustrated at Ramones drummer's illogical argument that digital files are not “manufactured or...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sat, Apr 26 2008

Filed under: copyfight
News: Microsoft to Breach Contract with Consumers

Microsoft is ending its license retrieval service for its MSN Music store, burdening consumers that legally bought their DRM-saddled music from Microsoft no way to transfer their music after August 31, 2008. Yet another example of an industry that does...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sat, Apr 26 2008

Filed under: drm
News: Does She Look Like a Music Pirate?

Tanya Andersen made news a few years ago when the RIAA boldly went after this single mother in their crackdown on so-called music pirates. She is in the news again, but this time she is the one on the attack: When Tanya Andersen opens the door to her...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sat, Apr 26 2008

Filed under: copyfight
Copyright is Anti-Private Property

One of the weaknesses of the copyfight is the decidedly anti-private property bent of many of the arguments made against copyright. In fact, much more could be achieved in the protection of our besieged civil liberties if the lawyers and activists insist...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sat, Apr 26 2008

Filed under: private property
What is Copyfascism?

copyfascism \'kä-pē-fa,shi-zəm\ - the belief in a state-granted monopoly on ideas and information utilizing governmental power and coercion in breaching free speech and private property rights, and the forcible suppression of creativity and innovation...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sat, Apr 26 2008

Filed under: copyfight
This is Copyfascism Watch

This is an age when innovations in information technology occur in breakneck speeds. Everything from music to books to software to full-length movies are becoming more widely and easily available. However, against this backdrop of ever growing access...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sat, Apr 26 2008

Filed under: copyfight
The Nail in the Coffin of "The Right"

It is common for many libertarians, especially those in America, to assume that they have a natural alliance with "the right". This is based on certain assumptions, such as the notion that contemporary libertarianism grew out of the old American...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Fri, Apr 25 2008

Filed under: Racism, Collectivism, Religion, Capitalism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics, Philosophy, conservatism, Corporatism, liberalism, Nationalism, History
Propiedad, Causalidad y Responsabilidad

Hans-Hermann Hoppe I Dondequiera que haya escasez de recursos en relación con la demanda humana, surge la posibilidad de conflicto. La solución a tales conflictos es la asignación de derechos sobre la propiedad privada - derechos...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Fri, Apr 25 2008
Cómo persuadir a los demás de la necesidad de abolir el Estado

Brad Edmonds Todos podemos ayudar mediante la práctica del arte de la persuasión de la gente con la que discrepamos. Por supuesto, cuando nos equivocamos en algo, también necesitamos reconocerlo –esto requiere imparcialidad...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Fri, Apr 25 2008
Food shortages: Ron Bailey takes up the cry, are Malthus and "Green fascism" on the march?

" You have been warned: green fascism could soon be on the march. " So does libertarian Ron Bailey , science correspondent for Reason magazine, take up the alarm raised by Fred Pearce of New Scientist , who believes that enviros will point to...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Apr 24 2008

Filed under: Malthus, Ron Bailey, Corrigan, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, population, food, Ehrlich

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