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backAgainst Intellectual Monopoly against Against Intellectual Property  Right now on Amazon, in the "Intellectual Property" legal books subcategory, my Against Intellectual Property (Amazon link) is ranked #22, and Boldrin and Levine's Against Intellectual Monopoly (Amazon link) is #48. Eat my dust, suckas! :)
Interestingly, both books are available for free online, yet the print editions are still selling well. [Posted at 08/19/2008 01:47 PM by Stephan Kinsella on Against Monopoly Comments Congrats to all three authors. And of course the free online editions along with the sales of the paper editions is another small nail in the coffin of the monopoly formerly known as intellectual property.
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Killing people with patents I'm not really commenting the post, but rather asking if this blog is going to make a comeback at 01/09/2018 03:46 AM by Anonymous
The right to rub smooth using a hardened steel tool with ridges Finally got around to looking at the comments, sorry for delay... Replying to Stephan: I'm sorry at 05/08/2015 08:35 AM by Dan Dobkin
Let's See: Pallas, Pan, Patents, Persephone, Perses, Poseidon, Prometheus... Seems like a kinda bizarre proposal to me. We just need to abolish the patent system, not replace at 04/10/2015 10:44 AM by Stephan Kinsella
The right to rub smooth using a hardened steel tool with ridges I'm a bit confused by this--even if "hired to invent" went away, that would just change the default at 04/10/2015 10:34 AM by Stephan Kinsella
Do we need a law? @ Alexander Baker: So basically, if I copy parts of 'Titus Andronicus' to a webpage without at 01/08/2015 08:58 PM by Sheogorath
Do we need a law? The issue is whether the crime is punished not who punishes it. If somebody robs our house we do at 11/17/2014 04:48 AM by David K. Levine
Do we need a law? 1. Plagiarism most certainly is illegal, it is called "copyright infringement". One very famous at 10/29/2014 10:49 AM by Alexander Baker
Yet another proof of the inutility of copyright. The 9/11 Commission report cost $15,000,000 to produce, not counting the salaries of the authors. at 09/20/2014 03:19 PM by Alexander Baker
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What's copywritable? Go fish in court. @ Anonymous: You misunderstood my intent. I was actually trying to point out a huge but basic at 05/05/2014 01:03 PM by Sheogorath
Rights Violations Aren't the Only Bads I hear that nonsense from pro-IP people all the at 04/07/2014 04:47 AM by Dan McCracken
Intellectual Property Fosters Corporate Concentration Yeah, I see the discouragement of working on a patented device all the time. Great examples at 01/13/2014 06:13 AM by Anonymous
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