More on a divide among libertarians on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [ip]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: March 30, 2006 1:42:51 AM EST
To: Politech <politech () politechbot com>
Subject: [Politech] More on a divide among libertarians on the  
Digital Millennium Copyright Act [ip]

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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 () loyalty org>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
References: <442A3DDE.5040507 () well com>

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 () loyalty org> | 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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