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Intellectual Property, Patents and Copyrights
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America's Spy Software Scandal, Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice
by Michelle Malkin
(July 9, 2003)
Inslaw deserves to be compensated. More importantly, the American people deserve to know the truth: Did government greed and bureaucratic hubris lead to a wholesale sellout of our national security?
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Is the Penguin Contaminated?
by Sonia Arrison
(May 26, 2003)
Since open-source products can be modified by anyone, how does the community make sure that their products don't contain, by accident or purpose, someone else's intellectual property?
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The Legitimacy of Intellectual Property
by Sonia Arrison
(November 20, 2002)
The spirit of copyright and patent laws means to reward labor rather than simply promote the useful arts. For example, one can hold a patent without ever using it and register a literary work for copy protection without ever publishing it. This suggests that there is an underlying understanding that IP is rewarded because it should be, not simply to make sure that there is more of it around for the public good.
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Would-Be Intellectual Vandals Get Their Day in the Supreme Court
by Amy Peikoff, J.D.
(October 9, 2002)
Those who are spearheading the current legal challenge to the copyright law favor intellectual cannibalism masquerading as creativity and free speech.
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Property Rights Are The Answer
by Walter Williams
(January 2, 2002)
In a free society, the question of who may harm whom in what ways is decided through private property rights.
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Music "Sharing" and Music Piracy: End Intellectual Theft
by Ben Gutierrez
(December 29, 2001)
The difference between stealing a CD from a music store and copying digital information that is copyrighted is a matter of degree. Both acts are acts of theft.
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Napster is About Freeloading, not Freedom
by Michelle Malkin
(December 3, 2000)
Napster has as much communal spirit as a shoplifters' convention.
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Pirates of the Internet
by Andrew West
(June 30, 2000)
Piracy is theft. Stealing is wrong whether it takes place on the high seas, in your local Wal-Mart, or over on the Internet.
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 Recommended Reading:
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand
Whether you are one of capitalism's alleged champions (Conservatives,
Libertarians, etc.), or actually one of its defenders (a rarity in today's
culture), or a part of the "humanitarian" lynch mob that seeks to burn a straw
man, or just a curious observer -- read Ayn Rand's
Capitalism: The Unknown
Ideal -- and then judge for yourself. |
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