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Science Needs Permission?
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| Because GM crops are considered "intellectual property" of the companies that
| sell them, reearchers need permission from the company to plant them, even
| for research purposes.
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http://www.prwatch.org/node/8232
There Are No Good Arguments for Intellectual Property (and "Interaction
Rights"!)
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| There are some decent arguments out there that argue in favor of a state,
| welfare rights, war, democracy, drug laws, and so on. They are all flawed,
| since libertarianism is right, but there are coherent, honest arguments that
| we libertarians have to grapple with.
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| But it is striking that there are no decent arguments for IP--as Manuel Lora
| remarked to me, "You know, I haven't seen a good pro IP article ever." This
| is true. One sees the same incoherent or insincere claims made over and over,
| such as:
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| 1. It's in the constitution (argument from authority; legal positivism)
| 2. Intellectual property is called property! (argument by definition?)
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000000613
Patents, copyrights and trademarks exist. Not "Intellectual Property".
Recent:
The Chinese Overlords of Intellectual Monopolies
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| In the 19th century, America was a by-word for piracy of British ideas. In
| the 20th century, as its industry developed, it embraced intellectual
| monopolies, and became the most fervent advocate of maximalist legal regimes.
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| In the 20th century, China was a by-word for piracy of American ideas. In the
| 21st century, as its industry developed, it embraced intellectual monopolies,
| and became their stoutest defender. The news story above is but the trickle
| that presages the torrent.
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| Soon, America will be deluged with such suits, as China tries to leverage its
| huge industrial power. The consequence? America will become one of the most
| fervent advocates for *minimalist* intellectual property regimes. Yes, you
| read that correctly: just wait.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/11/chinese-overlords-of-intellectual.html
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