How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism | Stephan Kinsella

Presented by Stephan Kinsella at the 2010 Mises Institute Supporters Summit: "The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie." Recorded in Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.

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[TimothyBragan]

Good info. Tho he says Copyright wasn't and shouldn't be seen as a natural right, but merely a societal tool. The disconnect here is that notions of rights are mere societal tools as well, not anything else. Questions of usefulness of such tools are of course open to debate and inquiry. IP sure doesn't seem very useful to the majority, tho it obviously is to certain groups. Natural rights might prove to stay useful, but I'd propose to at least drop some of the surrounding moral mysticism.

[andrewclunn]

He just converted me from a pro-IPer.

[Hvalfisk]

@markdeming1989 if you write a book, and someone copies it and puts their own name in place of yours and sells it. Copyright should protect against that. But if someone makes an exact copy of it and gives the copy to his friend. Copyright shouldn't stop this.

[ShrugMeSilly245]

Bad jokes, but good points.

[ALFTUBE50]

@drtxprt For the same reason you don´t go to North Korea.

[MiloDC]

Dude mentions The Pirate Bay by name. "Real pirates, not Pirate Bay pirates." Automatic like.

[markdeming1989]

I'm persuaded by this idea but still confused a bit. If I sell a book and someone else copies it, like titles, text and all making an exact duplicate, is this something ip could/ should protect against?

[Gamebox27]

@skytrooper1980 Maybe that's why cloning hasn't started yet. They haven't found a way to regulate it and reward someone with a good design.

[berwyn95]

@drtxprt Somalia is not an anarchy

[aenkmnp]

@FightinWordsUSA IP is not logically compatible with real P.

Two people on an island - one produces a fishing net, the other guy takes it without permission -> it's theft -> force is permitted. Now imagine the other guy copies him and produces a net for himself by homesteading property and mixing it with his own labor. If IP was true the first guy is allowed to use force to stop him. How is that moral?

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[aenkmnp]

@drtxprt LOL congratulations on repeating the "Somalia is libertarian" claim like your average  left-wing retard.

The "morality" of IP is not compatible with the morality of real P.

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