patents in a free society (Re: Brother can you help a fiber?)
Bill Stewart
bill.stewart at pobox.com
Fri Nov 8 17:38:01 PST 2013
The standard Libertarian position on patents is "rabid".
Whether "rabidly for" or "rabidly against" or "rabidly endorsing some
highly nuanced conditional niche position in between", we're in
pretty solid agreement on the "rabid" part.
Some of us strongly believe in intellectual property. Some of us
believe that initiating force to defend "imaginary property" that's
really a euphemism for a government-granted monopoly is both
dishonest and anathema.
So take your pick.
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