It always amuses me to see how an idea looks in its completed form. So simple. So clear. And yet it takes so long to see what you cannot see. Thus does this paragraph encapsulate 10 years of thought on my part. Once you see it in the final form, it seems like a no brainer. In a truly free market, there would be no such thing as the institution of copyright at all, simply because ideas are not subject to the constraints of ownership. You can own a book. You can own a CD. You can own a film reel. You can own an image. But the ideas and images and arrangements of notes they broadcast publicly are not scarce goods and therefore not commodifiable or excludable absent the use of aggressive force. fee.org/the_freeman/detail/steal-our-stuff-please
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:09:47 +0000
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