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Subject: Re: [Politech] A divide among libertarians on DMCA: Cato says
get rid of it [ip]
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:42:33 -0800
From: Seth David Schoen <schoen@private>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private>
References: <442A3DDE.5040507@private>
Declan McCullagh writes:
> Small-L libertarians broadly agree on many things, including the need
> for individual rights, limited government, contracts, and low taxes. But
> a few areas have internal rifts: Abortion and intellectual property
> number among them.
The latter is an ancient theme. For example, U.S. libertarians
disagreed about it publicly in 1888.
http://www.wendymcelroy.com/libdebates/ch6intpr.html
One interesting point is that libertarians who think intellectual
property was created by government often want to eliminate it entirely
(or adopt a strong presumption against it), while libertarians who
think intellectual property is a natural right often want it to be
absolute.
--
Seth David Schoen <schoen@private> | This is a new focus for the
security
http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | community. The actual user of
the PC
http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/ | [...] is the enemy.
| -- David Aucsmith,
IDF 1999
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