Comments on: The Great IP Breakthrough

By: Cathy Smith

Cathy Smith — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:05:33 +0000

“No, that’s overstating it. Rather, anyone who currently disagrees is not typical of the wider group – no more and no less. It’s not as though that would trigger a torrent of abuse, given the nature of that group, although of course such a person might not like the initiatives the others took.”

Really? Where have you been hanging out?

By: Russell Madden’s “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism”

Russell Madden’s “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism” — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:17:19 +0000

[...] and are adamantly opposed to it; they see it as clearly unlibertarian (see Russell Madden, “The Great IP Breakthrough“; “Have You Changed Your Mind About Intellectual [...]

By: Jay Lakner

Jay Lakner — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:06:13 +0000

Boniek,

Here is a good start:
http://mises.org/daily/3682

Also, I recommend this book:
http://mises.org/books/against.pdf

By: boniek

boniek — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:41:37 +0000

I’m very much interested in emerging myself into libertarian view of intelectual property rights. Where I can find comprehensive compendium on this subject?
“The wider libertarian movement accepted the argument, put it into action (see mises.org/books) and moved on. ” is not really helping

By: P.M.Lawrence

P.M.Lawrence — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:14:37 +0000

J. Neil Schulman wrote of “The wider libertarian movement accepted the argument”, ‘What? Is anyone who disagrees an “IP denier” equivalent to a holocaust denier?’

No, that’s overstating it. Rather, anyone who currently disagrees is not typical of the wider group – no more and no less. It’s not as though that would trigger a torrent of abuse, given the nature of that group, although of course such a person might not like the initiatives the others took.

By: J. Neil Schulman

J. Neil Schulman — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:57:03 +0000

“The wider libertarian movement accepted the argument”

What? Is anyone who disagrees an “IP denier” equivalent to a holocaust denier?

Jesus H. Christ.

J. Neil Schulman, author
Informational Property: Logorights
at http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/12/classic-j-neil-informational-property-logorights/

By: Gil

Gil — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:49:13 +0000

“. . . leading ultimately to poverty, not job creation and wealth.”

Wouldn’t know it.

By: Luis Ramirez

Luis Ramirez — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:56:47 +0000

The catch-all phrase “intelectual property” is most definitely mercantilistic. I wonder if as part of her zeal (and of her followers) to keep her works under strict scrutinnee is the reason why objectivists rationalize the whole IP issue.