Objectivism

Progressive Egalitarians Should Be Anti-IP

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché September 1, 2010

The Obama Administration insists that “‘Piracy is flat, unadulterated theft,’ and it should be dealt with accordingly.” Nonsense, of course. Only scarce goods can be property and therefore only scarce goods can be stolen. Ideas or information patterns are nonscarce goods. If I take your bicycle, you don’t have it anymore. If I copy your [...]

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Mimi & Eunice: Marximalism

by Nina Paley August 2, 2010

[This strip isn't about intellectual property, but it does make an amusing observation and co-blogger JFC did recently analogize Objectivists on IP with Marxists. -- GAP] How many new suffixes can Libertarians add to the word “Marx”? *** This is a syndicated post, which originally appeared at Mimi and Eunice. View original post.

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“I think, therefore I own” – Objectivists as NeoMarxists of sorts

by Juan Fernando Carpio August 2, 2010

The usual apology for IP (“intellectual property”) privilege is that effort has to be rewarded in an advanced society if justice is to be made to creators and producers. Interesting: Marxists say the very same thing. They claim that previous effort (“frozen labor”) is that which gives value to economic goods. Well, Objectivists are doing [...]

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How one should *not* write a FAQ (Capitalism.org)

by Juan Fernando Carpio August 1, 2010

On the Capitalism.org FAQ we find this jewel of an answer: Why is “anarcho-capitalism” a contradiction in terms? Those who attempt to combine anarchism with capitalism, make the error of confusing the peaceful form of competition of capitalism — trade, ideas, and dollars — with the brutal “jungle” form of competition of anarchism — brutality, [...]

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Behind the Scenes of Atlas Shrugged

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché July 31, 2010

About a month and a half ago, in Atlas Shrugged movie finally filming?!, my co-blogger Jacob Huebert updated us on the Atlas Shrugged movie. Now, thanks to Reason Magazine and Reason.tv, we are privileged to see behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. I’ll admit I was leery of the current iteration of the project, but I am [...]

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The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism

by Stephan Kinsella July 28, 2010

My article, “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism,” was published on Mises Daily today. Also published today on Mises Daily is a reprint of Wendy McElroy’s great, classic “Copyright and Patent in Benjamin Tucker’s Periodical Liberty.” Updates: Amusing: on the “Christian Pipe Smokers” site (hunh?), one guy links to my article and says “This is [...]

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Atlas Shrugged movie finally filming?!

by Jacob Huebert June 14, 2010

The good news: they’re finally making an Atlas Shrugged movie, and they’re filming right now! The bad news: pretty much every other detail associated with this story. Just a few years ago, we were looking forward to an adaptation starring Angelina Jolie with a script from the writer of Braveheart. Now we will get a [...]

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