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The Fallacy of Intellectual Property
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| Intellectual property violates the libertarian principles of homesteading and
| exchange, and it makes no sense as a right at all without the assumption of
| an omniscient and omnipotent organization willing to enforce it. Unlike
| homesteading and exchange, intellectual property is not something that anyone
| can reasonably expect to be able to defend and control.
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http://mises.org/story/3631
Oh yeah... Mises and those "freetards", eh?
Patents: Horizontal vs Vertical Innovation
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| Patents promote horizontal innovation, but restrict vertical innovation.
| Without patents we will have more vertical innovation but less horizontal
| innovation. Even if Horizontal and Vertical Innovations are equally good in
| terms of their merits, one thing is clear, without patents, a lot more people
| will be able to use the technology, this is some place where a patent-less
| society will beat a pro-patent society hands down.
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| Just like if words were copyrighted, and you required a license to use the
| words, we would have had a LOT of innovation (horizontal) in terms of
| development of language and you required a license from John Locke's estate
| to use the term 'liberty', there would have been billions of words in English
| (a lot of them doing the same thing what others do), but a lot less number of
| people would be educated, and most of our brain cells would have been wasted
| on keeping track of 15 different terms for 'liberty', and 'passion'.
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000001452
Recent:
Pirate Bay Block Violates Democratic Principles, ISP Says
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| Norwayâs largest Internet provider âTelenorâ was dragged to court by the
| movie and music industries last month, after it refused an earlier request to
| disable customer access to The Pirate Bay. Today, Telenor explains why it
| didnât cave in to the legal pressure and says it wants the courts to rule on
| the issue instead.
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http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-block-violates-democratic-principles-isp-says-090710/
Stephen Fry on copyright
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| At an event in London last night, the writer, actor, and gadget fan Stephen
| Fry launched a surprisingly ferocious attack on the music and movie
| industries over the way they have acted to defend their copyright.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/
Richard Marx (!) attacks RIAA after $1.92M Thomas verdict
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| Jammie Thomas-Rasset was held liable to sharing 24 songs, including one by
| pop crooner Richard Marx. But the lawsuit wasn't done in Marx's nameâthis
| week, he called out the recording industry's "greedy actions."
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/richard-marx-attacks-riaa-after-19m-thomas-verdict.ars
Moby: The RIAA Needs to be Disbanded
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| The two million dollar fine handed out to Jammie Thomas by a Minnesota jury
| this week hasnât done the music industryâs image much good. While lawyers and
| high level managers at the major labels cracked open the Champagne, artists
| such as Moby and Radiohead shook their heads in shame at what the music world
| has become.
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http://torrentfreak.com/moby-the-riaa-needs-to-be-disbanded-090620/
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