Let's hope this next decade will be better than the last one regarding prospects for freedom... Back to Basics on Property and Competition by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker129.html Property rights aren't respected by governments in civilization; "laws" created by a coercive monopoly infringe on them daily People in the marketplace are the ones who respect property rights, not government Laws, and the people who make (and interpret) them, seek to control others, not respect freedom and justice Property rights exist to make distinctions concerning who owns what and who can therefore utilize what, without conflict or confusion Plagiarism is generally frowned up, and provides a marketplace check against confusion and fraud charges The tentacles of statism in the realm of IP are pervasive, as are the unseen costs of IP laws "Anti-trust" law was created by gangsters with no good intentions A "competitive" marketplace is just one in which people bring values to others unimpeded An Objectivist Recants on IP http://blog.mises.org/archives/011162.asp The principle of self-ownership represents the unification of liberty and property IP fosters rampant legal conflict, on account of it contradicting real property rights The first serious critique I read against IP (hat tip to Ian Freeman of http://freetalklive.com)... Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella http://mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf Classic J. Neil: Informational Property — Logorights http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/12/classic-j-neil-informational-property-logorights/ The human brain is arguably the most complex thing in the known universe, a massively parallel processor Our future, perhaps...The Intelligent Universe by Ray Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0534.html Big picture stuff...The Age of Spiritual Machines: Timeline by Raymond Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0274.html Once patterns of information are released into the marketplace, individuals will likely seek to duplicate them (without conflict) Again, trying to control duplicates of what you've created leads to conflict with others' property rights, as well as more statism and unintended business consequences Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 Holding back progress in the name of the state by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Holding-back-progress-in-the-name-of-the-state Stay tuned for more videos of activism in San Diego, including my recent trip to the DMV http://youtube.com/completeliberty http://youtube.com/hotforliberty bumper music "Master Of Puppets" by Metallica http://metallica.com/

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