"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert
"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker
"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison
"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman
Friday, June 12, 2009
TGIF: Intellectual "Property" vs. Real Property
Intellectual “property” (IP) is a sleeper issue. It seems uncontroversial: Someone invents or writes something and therefore owns it. What could be plainer? But IP contains the power to destroy liberty.
This week's TGIF topic is very fortuitous, as there is a new cottage industry in exploiting patent law:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.abajournal.com/news/lawyer_who_spotted_expired_patent_on_solo_cup_wins_qui_tam_ruling/