Intellectual “Property” Versus Real Property
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 12 June 2009
Stats: 5,482 views and 96 Comments Intellectual “property” (IP) is a sleeper issue. It seems uncontroversial: Someone invents or writes something and therefore owns it. What could be plainer? But IP contains the power to destroy liberty. IP isn’t merely about rock bands preventing kids from sharing MP3s over the Internet. (See "Weird Al" Yankovic's musical commentary, ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 12 June 2009
Stats: 5,482 views and 96 Comments Intellectual “property” (IP) is a sleeper issue. It seems uncontroversial: Someone invents or writes something and therefore owns it. What could be plainer? But IP contains the power to destroy liberty. IP isn’t merely about rock bands preventing kids from sharing MP3s over the Internet. (See "Weird Al" Yankovic's musical commentary, ...
