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did ip law’s absence encourage german innovation?

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1817, 18th August, 2010
For an argument that it did, see this article by Frank Thadeusz.
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yer a bunch a criminals

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1620, 1st July, 2010
Story here.  In a monumental twisting of words, the US government is now labelling those who participate in the sharing of copyrighted material “organized criminals,” as though those who listened to downloaded songs were a bunch of mafia people holding up DVD stores violently.  Meanwhile, Stephan Kinsella’s anti-IP message has been gaining traction–because his book [...]
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oh, the delicious irony of it all — microsoft suggests internet tax

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1936, 3rd March, 2010
I can barely believe I’m writing this, but today, ladies and gentlement, I am finally coming out of copyright-ambivalence to fully endorse the elimination of patent law, copyright law, industrial secret law, and trademark dilution statutes.  And this is the story that finally pushed me over the edge into accepting Stephen Kinsella’s views on the [...]
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