Comments (14)

• Silas Barta

  ...and that about sums up the incentive structure for intellectual works in the absence of IP ;-)

  Published: February 20, 2009 4:48 PM

• newson

  so silas, where can i buy a cd of your collected thoughts?

  Published: February 20, 2009 6:54 PM

• newson

  ...and as an afterthought, your participation on these blogs goes unpaid, notwithstanding the effort you invest. why are your non-pecuniary motivations any less risible than those who may do the narrations?
  

  Published: February 20, 2009 7:07 PM

• David Bratton

  "...and that about sums up the incentive structure for intellectual works in the absence of IP ;-)"

  
  That plus the ticket prices, the job offers, the patronage and for manufactured and other tangible items, the profit.
  

  Published: February 20, 2009 10:39 PM

• Peter

  Are you paying for the encoder license, Stephan, or are your volunteers expected to open themselves up to lawsuits for using MP3 encoders without a license? :(

  How about switching to Vorbis?

  Published: February 20, 2009 11:41 PM

• John Tate

  I don't know where the freetards are coming from. Ogg is terrible, nothing supports it. If you want to record yours as ogg the fine people at mises probably can legitimantly convert it to MP3 before putting it on the site. In case there is a problem with that, keep the oggs. I don't believe there has ever been a encoder lawsuit before except against people SELLING an encoder.

  On that note it should be pointed out that using the GPL is just as statist as copyright. If I get some shitty freetard mises.org code, improve it, don't release the mises.org code improvements I made - I am open to a lawsuit for not sharing my work with everyone else in the commune.

  This site's obession with intellectual property has just led it to use communist intellectual property agreements that can result in just as much jail time. For fuck sake, are you people fucking stupid?

  The GPL is a licence just like copyright.

  Published: February 21, 2009 12:58 AM

• Peter Surda

  > If I get some shitty freetard mises.org code,
  > improve it, don't release the mises.org code
  > improvements I made - I am open to a lawsuit for
  > not sharing my work with everyone else in the
  > commune.
  You clearly have no understanding of GPL. This is plainly false.

  Published: February 21, 2009 2:06 AM

• Marco

  Yea, comparing the GPL to a communist/statist 'licence' is baseless. You CHOOSE to license anything under it or not. It is just not as permissive a license with a different purpose from CC, which btw is built on the same crap-ass copyright laws.

  But its true what Mr. Tate said about Ogg being all but unsupported, and its a shame really, because it kicks MP3 in the teeth quality and compression-wise.

  Published: February 21, 2009 2:40 AM

• Peter Surda

  > [ogg] ... kicks MP3 in the teeth quality and
  > compression-wise.
  You must be talking about vorbis and not ogg then.

  Published: February 21, 2009 2:58 AM

• Peter

  Pray tell where is this "nothing" that supports Ogg/Vorbis, Tate-tard? The software built into the iPod doesn't - but you can install Rockbox and get many other nifty feature upgrades...many (most?) other hardware players support Vorbis, and AFAIK every PC software player supports Vorbis (maybe not out of the box - you might have to install the QuickTime or Windows Media codecs - but big deal).

  Published: February 21, 2009 4:21 AM

• Cybertarian

  Why don't you guys develop a libertarian trading platform to enable people to do commerce while avoiding taxes and government regulations.

  You would empower individuals to buy and sell what they want and you would weaken the government through lost of tax revenue and control over the economy.

  This would be much more efficient than just a talking blog.

  Published: February 21, 2009 10:04 AM

• Patrick E. McLean

  > ...and that about sums up the incentive structure for intellectual works in the absence of IP ;-)

  Then why has most intellectual work throughout the entire history of man existed in the absence of IP? And further, why does intellectual work continue when we can pretty clearly see, with the rise of broadband networks, there's no effective way to enforce it?

  And further, why did I just volunteer?

  I'm sorry, your use of the ellipsis just doesn't qualify as sound argument.
  

  Published: February 21, 2009 12:31 PM

• Marco

  @Peter Surda

  Exactly, sorry. I mix that up a lot. As far as containers go, I guess matroska is the one I use the most. :D

  Published: February 21, 2009 5:08 PM

• John Delano

  Anything written by Stephan Kinsella is going to be narrated by me in a funny voice.

  Published: February 22, 2009 12:04 AM