On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:38:50PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > Libertarianism in the US isn't about killing the lawyers, it's about > downsizing the g*vernment. And protecting private property, which > includes copyrighted images.
I'm not so sure. There are certainly libertarians who aren't intellectual property (IP) advocates. Part of the problem with IP is that it requires a big institution, usually government, for regulation. That doesn't sit well with libertarians. http://libertariannation.org/a/f31l1.html excerpt: The status of intellectual property rights (copyrights, patents, and the like) is an issue that has long divided libertarians. Such libertarian luminaries as Herbert Spencer, Lysander Spooner, and Ayn Rand have been strong supporters of intellectual property rights. Thomas Jefferson, on the other hand, was ambivalent on the issue, while radical libertarians like Benjamin Tucker in the last century and Tom Palmer in the present one have rejected intellectual property rights altogether. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
