Archive for March 23rd, 2009
Thoughts on Copyrights and Trade Secrets
Intellectual property issues are hot among libertarians now, spurred by Jeffrey Tucker’s live blogging of Against Intellectual Monopoly and renewed interest in Stephan Kinsella’s “Against Intellectual Property.” Below I attempt to sketch a theory of copyrights and trade secrets. The crucial term relevant to IP is “information” whose nature it is to reside in minds [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under Ethics, Philosophy, Political.
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