New Critique of Intellectual Property
(New to me, anyway.) Economists Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine have placed a draft of their book Against Intellectual Monopoly online here; check it out.
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(New to me, anyway.) Economists Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine have placed a draft of their book Against Intellectual Monopoly online here; check it out.
Comments (6)
hbwill
For an alternative view by an objectivist see "Don't Steal This Article!" by Greg Perkins http://www.axiomaticmagazine.com/article.php?iss_index=4&art=1&teaser=Yes
Published: January 24, 2006 10:56 PM
Roy W. Wright
Ironic that, in order to read the article, I have to pay for it. No thanks. Could you give us the gist?
Published: January 25, 2006 12:57 AM
A.B. Dada
I'm glad to see intellectuals bringing up the issue against IP. I'm criticized by many people when I tell them I an anti-copyright and anti-patents. Many of these people who criticize me don't realize that they're actually reducing their income from creation by offering the content cartels and the distribution cartels the power of using copyright laws for their monopoly powers.
Have you seen the bookstores lately? Have you seen the music stores, too? It's all becoming just a pawn of the distribution cartels (RIAA, MPAA and the publisher's 'union').
When is this book coming out?
Published: January 25, 2006 9:57 AM
Yves Grassioulet
Proudhon was against property. His approach makes sense.
Published: January 29, 2006 7:18 PM
GMB
Proudhon?
The invasion of the communists continues unabated.
Published: January 29, 2006 7:29 PM
Yves Grassioulet
Proudhon, communist?!?! Get lost. He was an anarchist. And yes, I like the anarchist philosophy...
"I'm not an '-ist' of any '-ism'" [dixit Fernando Pessoa in Ultimatum].
Published: January 30, 2006 7:36 AM