Intellectual Property in History | Stephan Kinsella

Stephan Kinsella presented this sample lecture from the Mises Academy's latest online course, "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics," which began on 1 November 2010.

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[joeseth05]

My stance on the argument of patentability is, that things shouldn't be patentable if they can potentially change on their own/reproduce themselves.

A car can't reproduce itself, thus car should be patentable.

Any kind of living being may reproduce itself, thus living beings shouldn't be patentable at all.

Neatly, this argument also works for any kind of living or sufficiently intelligent beings, like AIs, ETs, Spaghetti Monsters etc...

[joeseth05]

@ericfontainejazz woof!

[ericfontainejazz]

The dogbarking is just great!

[Hanksand]

not acceptable with dogbarking!

[grraadd]

@synestheticmonotony In her interview she mopped the floor with that sleazy marxist whatever his name was, so I like her.

But it would be very difficult to answer in depth to your comment because I don't know details of her life or who Hubbard is...

[slhines7]

@anyusmoon1 Me too overall.

[synestheticmonotony]

@grraadd While I agree with roughly 60-70% of Rand's conclusions, I still highly question her processes. Having delved into her Objectivist philosophy at some length, I have found that her processes of conclusion are without merit. It is as if she concludes that all humans have perfect knowledge, just so long as they are Objectivists. With that in mind, it is no wonder that she was as much as a cultist as L. Ron Hubbard, and that the prevailing Austrians of the time completely avoided her.

[LibertyJedi]

The dog barking is a joke, at least take the time to shut the dog up or don't post crappy work, it says how far one can trust what you are saying.

[synestheticmonotony]

@richardcadbury Creativity is merely the expression of ideas within a particular medium; usually contrasted with what was common practice before. It is a diversion from the norm, though not always a good diversion. As for your Mises example, you state that only Mises had the imagination. I love Mises (I like Rothbard a little better), but it is not that he merely had the imagination. It is more that he took the effort to publish his works. An idea is nothing without seeing it through.

[MrAlpruitt]

@UnhappyTestTubeBaby Ah haaaaaa, Thankyou for the clarification : D