In this second part of our investigation of how government law concerning intellectual property harms living standards and infringes on liberty, Gardner Goldsmith is joined by Furb, founder of The Freedom Book Club.
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Karl Marx would love the popular moves among politicians in various state governments and the federal government to ban so-called "junk" food in schools, and to "put healthy food in" convenience stores and on the tables of those they define as poor. It's a very elitist and arrogant mindset that promotes this ideology, and it needs to be addressed.
Ultimately, the war supporters in Congress prevailed in the vote on the resolution. Still, the vote was significant because it places every member of Congress on the record as supporting or not supporting the unconstitutional, costly, violent occupation of a country that never attacked us. This vote should serve as an important reminder to the American people of where their representatives really stand when it comes to policing the world, empire building, and war.
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Alex Libman
Dec 13, 2009
Intellectual property is not the simplest of issues, and a lot of libertarians still disagree. I myself am a Gradualist Anarcho-Capitalist, and I firmly believe that is is an artificial construct with no basis in natural or contractual law.
I guess Mike would disagree, because the Creative Commons icon on this page only allows NONCOMMERCIAL redistribution, so if a person quoting this has ads on his site Mike would be able to use the state to initiate aggression against that person… Hmmmmm…..
Michael Hampton
Dec 13, 2009
“Intellectual property” as we know it is patently ridiculous. I don’t foresee that I would have any issues living in a world without it; indeed, I think people who create content, such as Gard and I, would be much better off.
That said, we’re living in a world where the majority of the people believe in intellectual property as some sort of god, much like the rest of government. I have to speak to them in terms they can understand, which is why I use tools like the GPL and Creative Commons.
I suppose that in theory I could use the state to go after someone who copied my content, but I have no desire whatsoever to do so. I’ve seen enough of the damage the MPAA and RIAA have done to know where that leads. Not to mention it would be wrong.
Alex Libman
Dec 13, 2009
Thanks for your reply, Mike.
I’m curious to learn more about your position on the BSD vs GPL (i.e. permissive vs restrictive) debate, and why you chose the CC license that you did instead of a more permissive one (or public domain). I’m of the opinion that the permissive licenses are more in line with libertarian philosophy, including the Non-Aggression Principle.
Related thread on the FTL BBS: http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=28400
Oh, and speaking of the FTL BBS – my efforts to implement a one-line fix I envision for the YouTube embedding URL bug through long-distance telekinesis have thus-far been unsuccessful. Any chance of someone with actual access to the server giving it a go before the decade is out? ;-)
Alex Libman
Dec 17, 2009
(BUMP)
(Hmm, bumping doesn’t really have any effective value on WordPress – oh well…)
Michael Hampton
Dec 17, 2009
“Bump”??? What do you think this is?
Anyway, your licensing question is much too complex to deal with in a brief comment. And I have no access to fix anything on the FTL server.