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By: Kinsella’s “Libertarian Controversies” Course: Audio and Slides | The Libertarian Standard

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:38:56 +0000

[...] all of them, but until I find time to code in the links, most of these materials can be found on stephankinsella.com/publications, c4sif.org/resources, mises.org, hanshoppe.com/publications, or on Wikipedia or by google search. [...]

By: The “Productivity” of Patent Brainstorming

The “Productivity” of Patent Brainstorming — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:47:43 +0000

[...] My monograph Against Intellectual Property, however, [...]

By: Kinsella’s “The Social Theory of Hoppe” Course: Audio and Slides | The Libertarian Standard

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:32:33 +0000

By: Kinsella’s “Rethinking Intellectual Property” course: Audio and Slides | The Libertarian Standard

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:10:11 +0000

[...] [...]

By: New Publisher, Co-Editor for my Legal Treatise, and how I got started with legal publishing

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:58:00 +0000

[...] Publications [...]

By: New Publisher, Co-Editor for my Legal Treatise, and how I got started with legal publishing

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:57:41 +0000

[...] most of my libertarian friends and readers know, I’ve published for a number of years books and articles in the area of political and legal theory. I’ve also engaged over the years in more practical [...]

By: Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics « Eclectic Thoughts

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:25:15 +0000

[...] [2] See my various IP-related publications here. [...]

By: Intellectual Freedom and Learning Versus Patent and Copyright « Eclectic Thoughts

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:50:29 +0000

[...] Notes No. 113 (Libertarian Alliance, 2011).All of my articles cited herein may be found at www.stephankinsella.com/publications/. For more extensive treatment of some of the ideas dealt with in this article, see my [...]

By: laepplehertzog.com » Back to School (Kinda)

laepplehertzog.com » Back to School (Kinda) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:10:29 +0000

[...] IP law, international law, and the application of libertarian principles to legal topics, including Against Intellectual Property and Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (co-editor, with Jörg [...]

By: Kinsella: Upcoming Speeches, Teaching, Books

Kinsella: Upcoming Speeches, Teaching, Books — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:54:25 +0000

[...] Forthcoming books: [...]

By: Kinsella in Eight Languages

Kinsella in Eight Languages — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:13:29 +0000

[...] Publications [...]

By: Intellectual Property: Dying Among Libertarians? - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:29:01 +0000

[...] more valuable. (See "A Theory of Contracts: Binding Promises, Title Transfer, and Inalienability"; Against Intellectual Property, "Creation vs. Scarcity" section; "Objectivist Law Prof. Mossoff on Copyright; or, the Misuse of [...]

By: Recent Blogposts on The Libertarian Standard and Mises Blog

Recent Blogposts on The Libertarian Standard and Mises Blog — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:06:40 +0000

[...] first in DRM format to elegant movie houses, before being released on DVD or digitally. (In Against Intellectual Property, n.67, I related the example of how drive in movie theaters, “faced with the prospect of free [...]

By: Kinsella in Swedish

Kinsella in Swedish — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:07:41 +0000

[...] Institute–Sweden that two of my articles had been translated into Swedish: my 2004 LRC piece, What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist, which had already been translated into Dutch, Spanish, and Polish (the Swedish translation is Vad [...]

By: The Creator-Endorsed Mark as an Alternative to Copyright | Austrian Economics Blog

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:02:24 +0000

By: The L. Neil Smith – FreeTalkLive Copyright Dispute | Austrian Economics Blog

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:07:39 +0000

[...] links in this post: Objectivists: “All Property is Intellectual Property”, including The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism, Rand on IP, Owning “Values”, and “Rearrangement Rights”; Libertarian Creationism; [...]

By: Per Christian Malloch

Per Christian Malloch — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:51:50 +0000

[...] not entirely unfriendly comments about Hans Hoppe’s argumentation ethics and some of my related rights theories. I think he was initially silly, saying things like “I’m so Hoppy I found [...]

By: Open Source: Letter to MacBreak’s Scott Bourne about Open Source and the Free Market | Science Report | Biology News, Economics News, Computer Science News, Mathematics News, Physics News, Psychology News

Fri, 28 May 2010 09:48:08 +0000

[...] I’ve been enjoying your commentary on various Twit network podcasts for a while now. On the recent MacBreak Weekly, I found your exchange with Merlin Mann about open source interesting. I detect a whiff of libertarianism in your remark about the force of the state being used to enforce taxes–which I appreciate, as I’m a libertarian myself. I’m also a patent attorney and have written extensively about why patent and copyright law are anti-free market and unlibertarian (my reasons may be found at The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide, available at http://www.stephankinsella.com/publications/#IP). [...]

By: Letter to MacBreak’s Scott Bourne about Open Source and the Free Market

Letter to MacBreak’s Scott Bourne about Open Source and the Free Market — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:20:54 +0000

By: Machanarchy | Austrian Economics Blog

Machanarchy | Austrian Economics Blog — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:14:15 +0000

[...] of libertarianism: the anarchists oppose the state because they oppose aggression (see my What It Means to be an Anarcho-Capitalist and What Libertarianism Is). If there is an agency that commits institutionalized aggression then [...]

By: Machanarchy | Austrian Economics Blog

Machanarchy | Austrian Economics Blog — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:04:52 +0000

[...] the state because they oppose aggression (see my What It Means to be an Anarcho-Capitalist and What Libertarianism Is). If there is an agency that commits institutionalized aggression then they (we) oppose it because [...]

By: Reply to Feser on Block « LewRockwell.com Blog

Reply to Feser on Block « LewRockwell.com Blog — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:12:43 +0000

[...] seen this many times. For example, see some of my posts on the nature of aggression here, such as Feser’s reply to one of my replies (which was deleted from the L&P blog when I [...]

By: "Against Intellectual Property": Audiobook Version | Austrian Economics Blog

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:04:26 +0000

[...] audiobook of my monograph Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008; Mises Store; PDF; Scribd; HTML) has been prepared. The narrator is Jock [...]

By: Intellectual Property Hyperinflation « IPso Jure

Intellectual Property Hyperinflation « IPso Jure — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:11:08 +0000

[...] I have also learnt (via Google Alerts) of an audiobook edition of Stephan Kinsella’s monograph Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008; Mises Store; PDF; Scribd; HTML). The book has a go at a number of sacred [...]

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » Intellectual Monopoly: Yeager and Other Letters Re Liberty article "Libertarianism and Intellectual Property"

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:35:17 +0000

[...] Monopoly My article “Intellectual Property and Libertarianism” was published in the December, 2009 issue of Liberty; the March 2010 issue features the [...]

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[...] Stephan ? ?????? Against Intellectual Property ????????? ???? ?????? ????? ?????, ? ??????? [...]

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » IP and Economics: Intellectual Property and the Structure of Human Action

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:15:11 +0000

[...] scarce things, thus supplanting already-existing rights in scarce resources. (See, e.g., my Against Intellectual Property, “The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide” and other material [...]

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » IP as a Joke: IP: The Objectivists Strike Back!

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:30:45 +0000

[...] the most ardent modern advocates of intellectual property (in addition to Andrew J. Galambos [see Against Intellectual Property], and perhaps J. Neil Schulman), but Rand in a sense built her entire philosophical edifice on IP: [...]

By: Against Intellectual Property in Italian | Austrian Economics Blog

Against Intellectual Property in Italian | Austrian Economics Blog — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:00:23 +0000

[...] Against Intellectual Property has been translated into Italian by Mr. Robert Newson: Contro La Proprietà Intellettuale (.doc file). Translations into Spanish, Polish, Portugese and Georgian have been made as well. [...]

By: Against Intellectual Property in Italian - Economics -

Against Intellectual Property in Italian - Economics - — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:03:42 +0000

By: Against Intellectual Property in Italian

Against Intellectual Property in Italian — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:17:47 +0000

By: Objectivists: “All Property is Intellectual Property”

Objectivists: “All Property is Intellectual Property” — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:52:00 +0000

[...] to such a height that they totally trump real rights. This is no exaggeration. As I noted in Against Intellectual Property, Rand actually, incredibly said that “patents are the heart and core of property rights.” See [...]

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » IP and Economics: IP and Artificial Scarcity

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:19:37 +0000

[...] scarcity” insight is indeed a good one, but it is not mine. From pp. 33-34 of Against Intellectual Property: Ideas are not naturally scarce. However, by recognizing a right in an ideal object, one creates [...]

By: IP and Artificial Scarcity - Economics -

IP and Artificial Scarcity - Economics - — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:29:28 +0000

[...] So I thought I would elaborate a bit on this. The "artificial scarcity" insight is indeed a good one, but it is not mine. From pp. 33-34 of Against Intellectual Property: [...]

By: IP and Artificial Scarcity

IP and Artificial Scarcity — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:14:18 +0000

[...] “artifiical scarity” insight is indeed a good one, but it is not mine. From p. 34 of Against Intellectual Property: Bouckaert also argues that natural scarcity is what gives rise to the need for property rules, and [...]

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » Is IP Property: Rand on IP, Owning "Values", and "Rearrangement Rights"

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:51:59 +0000

By: Rand on IP, Owning "Values", and "Rearrangement Rights" - Economics -

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:34:21 +0000

[...] to such a height that they totally trump real rights. This is no exaggeration. As I noted in Against Intellectual Property, Rand actually, incredibly said that "patents are the heart and core of property rights." [...]

By: Rand on IP, Owning “Values”, and “Rearrangement Rights”

Rand on IP, Owning “Values”, and “Rearrangement Rights” — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:39:49 +0000

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » Libertarian Perspectives: "Intellectual Property and Libertarianism," Liberty magazine

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:31:57 +0000

[...] is based in part on a speech at Mises University 2009 (July 30, 2009; audio; video) and also on my What Libertarianism Is, which contains references not present in the Liberty paper (as does The Case Against IP: A Concise [...]

By: "Intellectual Property and Libertarianism," Liberty magazine | Austrian Economics Blog

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:04:50 +0000

By: “Intellectual Property and Libertarianism,” Liberty magazine

“Intellectual Property and Libertarianism,” Liberty magazine — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:01:38 +0000

[...] article “Intellectual Property and Libertarianism” [PDF] was published last month in Liberty magazine (December 2009 issue). This article is [...]

By: Machan on Rand and Objectivism

Machan on Rand and Objectivism — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:11:37 +0000

[...] My friend Tibor Machan presents a fascinating and excellent lecture on “Thoughts on Objectivism and Ayn Rand” at the Libertarian Alliance Conference in October 2009 in London. (He is introduced by my friend Sean Gabb; Gabb’s video record of the proceedings of the conference. Gabb, a regular at Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Property and Freedom Society meetings (see his The Third Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, May 2008: A Brief Record; The Second Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society; The Inaugural Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: An Incidental Record), also contributed the chapter “Hans-Hermann Hoppe and the Political Equivalent of Nuclear Fusion” to Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe.) [...]

By: Nokia’s infringement suit against Apple illustrates need to scrap US patent system

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:26 +0000

[...] further elaboration of the ideas expressed in this post, see my monograph Against Intellectual Property, my article “The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide,” and other material on my [...]

By: Better than the Nolan Chart

Better than the Nolan Chart — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:50:09 +0000

[...] “Classical Liberalism versus Anarchocapitalism” (originally published in Property, Freedom and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2009)), Jesus Huerta de Soto provides an excellent chart that I think is superior to the Nolan [...]

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » IP and Economics: Against Monopoly

Science Report » Blog Archive » IP and Economics: Against Monopoly — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:20:26 +0000

[...] and Externalities,” by Hardy Bouillon, Mises Daily (Oct. 27, 2009), originally published in Property, Freedom and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe [...]

By: “A Note on Intellectual Property and Externalities,” by Hardy Bouillon

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:19:18 +0000

[...] and Externalities,” by Hardy Bouillon, Mises Daily (Oct. 27, 2009), originally published in Property, Freedom and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe [...]

By: Pilon on Corporations: A Discussion with Kevin Carson

Pilon on Corporations: A Discussion with Kevin Carson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:52:44 +0000

[...] They are responsible if they are proximate causes. A and B can both be 100% responsible [see my Causation and Aggression]. This shows that the whole pie analogy is ridiculous. In the corporate context, B is liable. If [...]

By: Thick and Thin Libertarians on IP and Open Source | Austrian Economics Blog

Thick and Thin Libertarians on IP and Open Source | Austrian Economics Blog — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:01:24 +0000

[...] open source/free software/anti-IP are compatible with libertarianism. Yes, this is true, as I have argued extensively. But this is a strange argument coming from Lee, who himself is not opposed to IP in any principled [...]

By: Thick and Thin Libertarians on IP and Open Source

Thick and Thin Libertarians on IP and Open Source — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:06:57 +0000

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » Intellectual Property: High School Senior’s Questions about IP

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:15 +0000

[...] Napster and Against the Second Homesteading Rule and Against Intellectual Property (both available here), humans need to use scarce or “rivalrous” resources — for example, tangible [...]

By: High School Senior’s Questions about IP

High School Senior’s Questions about IP — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:46:32 +0000

[...] Napster and Against the Second Homesteading Rule and Against Intellectual Property (both available here), humans need to use scarce or “rivalrous” resources — for example, tangible [...]

By: Das Internet braucht keine Regulierung, Kultur braucht keinen Staat, Geistiges Eigentum existiert nicht | ars libertatis

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:08:58 +0000

[...] Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine – Against Intellectual Monopoly Stephan Kinsella – Against Intellectual Property Stephan Kinsella – The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide …dann gehört der [...]

By: Against Intellectual Property in Portugese | Austrian Economics Blog

Against Intellectual Property in Portugese | Austrian Economics Blog — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:02:53 +0000

[...] Against Intellectual Property has been been translated into Portugese (Contra a Propriedade Intelectual) by Rafael Hotz, of the Instituto Ludwig von Mises Brasil. It was previously translated into Spanish, Polish, and Georgian. [...]

By: Science Report » Blog Archive » Is IP Property: Against Intellectual Property in Portugese

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:56:08 +0000

[...] Monopoly Against Intellectual Property has been been translated into Portugese (Contra a Propriedade Intelectual) by Rafael Hotz, of the [...]

By: Against Intellectual Property in Portugese

Against Intellectual Property in Portugese — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:37:06 +0000

By: Patent Lawyers Who Don’t Toe the Line Should Be Punished! | Austrian Economics Blog

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:02:18 +0000

[...] e.g., my The Libertarian Case Against Intellectual Property: A Concise Guide; and other libertarian IP publications. If anything, my experience in the patent field shows me how much waste there is. It shows me what [...]

By: Patent Lawyers Who Don’t Toe the Line Should Be Punished!

Patent Lawyers Who Don’t Toe the Line Should Be Punished! — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:14:09 +0000

By: The Morality of Acquiring and Enforcing Patents « LewRockwell.com Blog

The Morality of Acquiring and Enforcing Patents « LewRockwell.com Blog — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:56:21 +0000

[...] one of the few registered patent attorneys who oppose patents –and on principled, pro-private property, grounds, not for utilitarian or anti-industrialist [...]

By: Hoppe’s Review of Rothbard’s Festschrift

Hoppe’s Review of Rothbard’s Festschrift — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:46:19 +0000

[...] Hans-Hermann Hoppe, himself the recent recipient of his own festschrift, Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Jörg Guido Hülsmann & Stephan Kinsella, eds., Mises Institute, 2009), was a contributor to [...]

By: RE: Those Pesky “Voluntary” Taxes: Natural versus Positive Law | Austrian Economics Blog

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:45:50 +0000

[...] services or to evade income tax–but it should not be. Just law–law compatible with libertarian principles–is what positive law should be. Libertarian law, just law, is like a template or ideal by [...]

By: Natural, Positive Law, Tax Evasion, Rituals and Incantations | Austrian Economics Blog

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:01:09 +0000

By: Natural, Positive Law, Tax Evasion, Rituals and Incantations

Natural, Positive Law, Tax Evasion, Rituals and Incantations — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:58:11 +0000

By: RE: Those Pesky “Voluntary” Taxes: Natural versus Positive Law « LewRockwell.com Blog

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:55:15 +0000

By: Intellectual Property and Libertarianism (Video)

Intellectual Property and Libertarianism (Video) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:55:00 +0000

[...] of the libertarian framework was distilled from a more elaborated version, contained my chapter What Libertarianism Is, which appeared in the Hoppe Festschrift, Property, Freedom and Society. An article based on my [...]

By: The Libertarian Case Against Intellectual Property: A Concise Guide

The Libertarian Case Against Intellectual Property: A Concise Guide — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:07:50 +0000

[...] justified; see my What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist.) And so, in 1995 I started publishing articles pointing out problems with IP, finally culminating in my lengthy 2001 Journal of Libertarian [...]

By: Comment on David Koepsell’s “Why I Believe Gene Patenting is Wrong”

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:18:44 +0000

[...] unnatural and artificial privileges granted by the state at the expense of real property rights. My website contains various articles, books, and speeches on this topic, including Against Intellectual [...]

By: What Libertarianism Is « Informed Citizens

What Libertarianism Is « Informed Citizens — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:55:28 +0000

[...] Journal of Libertarian Studies 17, no. 2 (Spring 2003): n. 32 and accompanying text; idem, Against Intellectual Property (Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2008), pp. 30–31, 49; also Randy E. Barnett, “A [...]

By: Galambosian IP Recursion

Galambosian IP Recursion — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:57:48 +0000

[...] noted before this nutty purported idea of hyper-IPer Andrew Galambos (see Galambos and Other Nuts; Against Intellectual Property, p. 27): Galambos took his own ideas to ridiculous lengths dropping a nickel in a fund box every [...]

By: The Irrelevance of the Impossibility of Anarcho-Libertarianism - Economics -

The Irrelevance of the Impossibility of Anarcho-Libertarianism - Economics - — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:13:41 +0000

[...] states by their nature commit aggression–and as we are libertarians and against aggression (see my What Libertarianism Is), we are thus against [...]

By: The Irrelevance of the Impossibility of Anarcho-Libertarianism

The Irrelevance of the Impossibility of Anarcho-Libertarianism — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:21:52 +0000

[...] nature commit aggression–and as we are libertarians and against aggression (see my “What Libertarianism Is“), we are thus against [...]

By: Spanish Translations of Libertarian Articles by the Heroic Jorge Valin

Spanish Translations of Libertarian Articles by the Heroic Jorge Valin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:35:21 +0000

[...] Publications [...]

By: Prove that would have been invented without patents!

Prove that would have been invented without patents! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:11:18 +0000

[...] ever, without a patent system? After all, a patent system undeniably has costs in terms of both rights and money. How can it be shown that having invention X is worth the violation of rights incurred as [...]

By: Prove that would have been invented without patents! | Austrian Economics Blog

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:33:07 +0000

By: Yet Another Study Finds Patents Do Not Encourage Innovation

Yet Another Study Finds Patents Do Not Encourage Innovation — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:41:23 +0000

[...] IP views know, I’m not a utilitarian (see my There’s No Such Thing As A Free Patent; Against Intellectual Property); but almost all IP proponents are, and claim that IP is “worth it” because it [...]

By: On J. Neil Schulman’s Logorights

On J. Neil Schulman’s Logorights — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:31 +0000

[...] Metaphors, and Lockean Homesteading; Renaming Intellectual Property; and pp. 16, 26 et pass. of my Against Intellectual Property]: Neil, I said your term “logorights” is somewhat arcane, not your theory, and there was no [...]

By: Yet Another Study Finds Patents Do Not Encourage Innovation | Austrian Economics Blog

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:24:23 +0000

By: Reply to Cathy Young’s “Copyright and creative freedom”

Reply to Cathy Young’s “Copyright and creative freedom” — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:49:09 +0000

[...] It’s not an assumption; it’s a conclusion of years of study of and reflection on this matter as a libertarian and IP attorney, and taking the time to set forth a careful case for it in writing. [...]

By: The Libertarian Case for Gay Marriage

The Libertarian Case for Gay Marriage — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:22:12 +0000

[...] and natural law type arguments slowly shifted to a more realistic and focused transcendental type approach. On intellectual property, despite my initial–but hesitant and troubled–assumption that [...]