The book Copyright Unbalanced – From Incentive to Excess appears to be very interesting. From the ad for the book: Conservatives and libertarians, who…
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The Copyright Monopoly Stands In Direct Opposition To Property Rights
A lot of today’s bad policy stems from the misconception that the copyright monopoly is related to property rights, an illusion peddled by the…
Read MoreThere Is Never A Need To Justify Sharing Culture And Knowledge
Just as some misguided people react with hostility to the fact that the copyright monopoly is not a birthright, they can react with hostility…
Read MorePirate Party Presses Charges Against Banks For WikiLeaks Blockade
Today, the Swedish Pirate Party filed formal charges against Swedish banks for their discrimination against WikiLeaks, which has been systematically denied donations by payment…
Read MoreThe Copyright Monopoly Is A Market Distortion, Not A Birthright
When you start questioning the copyright monopoly, many middlemen and other has-beens start acting offended – as if you have somehow questioned a natural…
Read MoreThe Declared Value System: Managing Monopolies for the Public Good
What would a truly free-market approach to copyrights and patents look like? The problem we have right now is this: The flat green line…
Read MoreWhen Did It Become Our Job To Fix Their Business?
I was arguing with someone on Reddit recently over monopoly reform, and instinctively, I started to say “There are a whole galaxy of other…
Read MorePayright: A Copyright/Patent Reform Proposal To Make Piracy Obsolete
Copyright and patent monopolies can be reformed to be less terrible, but in the long-term they need to be reformed into smithereens with a…
Read MoreRussian Government Kills Russian Wikipedia Clone "To Protect Children"
This Monday, the Russian Government placed a Russian Wikipedia clone on a censorship blacklist. The Russian Government maintains such a kill switch for “harmful…
Read MoreThe Analog Letter: It's Entirely Reasonable To Demand That Our Children Inherit The Rights Of Our Parents
Whenever pirates demand the right to send anything to anybody without being tracked, we are somehow accused of wanting things for free. That’s not…
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