The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism
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"The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism,” by Stephan Kinsella. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, Austrian Scholars Conference, Mar. 13 2008. Accompanying audio/video available at http://www.stephankinsella.com/media/
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The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism
- 1. The Intellectual Property Quagmire or The Perils of Libertarian Creationism Stephan Kinsella www.StephanKinsella.com Austrian Scholars Conference 2008 Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn AL March 13, 2008
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- 64. “ CD Liner Notes of the Distant Present”
Editor's Notes
- We live in a world of wonders—advances in science and technology and a large and diverse array of artistic and literary creations computers, automobiles, airplanes, the Internet, wireless communications, cell phones, color laser printers, plasma TVs, laser pointers, movies, novels, music Libertarians would emphasize that all creation, all innovation, all scientific achievements and discoveries, are individual accomplishments, and that free markets and free minds are necessary preconditions for individuals to thrive and prosper and achieve. But it is commonly believed that individual freedom is not sufficient – that intellectual property rights—primarily patent and copyright—are responsible or necessary for innovation. Even many libertarians agree with this. After all, we support property rights; and “intellectual property” is just a subset of property rights. For this reason, many leftists seem to base their opposition to IP on their general hostility to property rights.
- Both left, right, and even many libertarians all seem to concede that intellectual property rights are a type of property right, and thus favor, or oppose, IP based on whether they favor, or oppose, property rights.
- What exactly are patents and copyrights?
- What exactly are patents and copyrights?
- http://www.bromsun.com/practices/copyright-portfolio-development/flowchart.htm
- Show exemplary patent
- http://www.iptoday.com/poster.asp
- http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/software/analysis/ (see also this appendix: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/pdf/ciig.pdf)
- What results? [exemplary patents – Slides] You Better Not Rear-End Me!!
- Patent for Christmas three watering system
- Patent for initiation apparatus of secret societies
- Patent for cat exercising device
- Patent for “pat on the back” device
- Patent for “one-click” order purchasing network
- Patent for hyper-light-speed antenna
- I’d have mine play “Dixie”.
- Guitar Hero violates patents : http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/250357961/ Apple sued for principle of iPod+iTunes franchise : http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=3850
- Amazon’s one-click patent : http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/03/08/amazon.bn.dispute.idg/ Patent on system for multi-state tax analysis : http://www.taxanalysts.com/www/features.nsf/Articles/26FF0F3BD676A87285257355004B7FFE?OpenDocument Apple’s digital karaoke patent application : http://blog.mises.org/archives/006885.asp
- Facebook sued over creating virtual community with common interests : http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/07/more-lawsuit-fun-for-facebook/ Patent on broadly covering any multimedia database for users to simultaneously search text, graphics, and sounds : http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/gars1.htm Patent for unique transaction number on receipt : http://www.google.com/patents?id=J1MyAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent:4707592&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=1&as_miny_ap=2007&as_maxm_ap=1&as_maxy_ap=2007&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=2007
- Patent that does not advance scientific knowledge : http://supreme.justia.com/us/107/192/case.html#200
- Patent infringement again AT&T : http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/09/156-million-ver.html
- Sprint sued against Vonage : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092501217.html?hpid=moreheadlines Qualcomm power conserving chips : http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/23/request-for-stay-on-qualcomm-chip-import-ban-refused/ Canon/Toshiba SED TV : http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/sed-televisions-delayed-again-possibly-forever/
- Blackberry patent injunction threat : http://blog.mises.org/archives/005213.asp Alcatel-Lucent mp3 patent : http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9755745-7.html
- Patent infringement verdict against AT&T : http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/09/156-million-ver.html Qualcomm patent on power chips : http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/23/request-for-stay-on-qualcomm-chip-import-ban-refused/
- Apple sued for caller ID on iPhone : http://techdirt.com/articles/20080227/121101372.shtml
- 802.11n Wi-Fi standard : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n Tivo’s patent : http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/29/patent-office-upholds-tivos-time-warp-patent-echostar-not-so/ SMS patents : http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071113-ur-sued-patent-company-targets-t-mobile-microsoft-129-others-due-to-sms.html
- Kodak sued Sun Micro : http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1668324,00.asp Boston Communication Group sued for patent infringement : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_July_21/ai_n16546668 Smith International infringement Hughes Tool Company patent on “o-ring seal” rock bit : http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=technology&res=9A0DE1DE163AF93BA35750C0A960948260&n=Top%2fNews%2fBusiness%2fCompanies%2fSmith%20International%2c%20Inc%2e
- damage for songs copies : http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/01/30/2053230.shtml Image rights to Ford Motor : http://www.adrants.com/2008/01/ford-slaps-brand-enthusiasts-returns.php NFL gatherings : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/31/AR2008013103958_pf.html
- Cease-and-desist letter : cease-and-desist letters have no new creative expression, but a law firm is claiming a copyright on cease-and-desist letters in the District of Idaho, insisting it’d be a violation to repost them. $220K for sharing 24 songs : http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071004-verdict-is-in.html
- , "Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap” http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071004-verdict-is-in.html
- CD Liner Notes of the Distant Present, Something Awful (Jan. 3, 2008) (humorous parody of copyright abuses by the RIAA) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/riaa-liner-notes.php?source=010408
- Shut down of IMSLP : http://blog.mises.org/archives/007606.asp Rights to the ‘electric slide ’: http://blog.mises.org/archives/006283.asp Lenient use of copyrighted works : http://blog.mises.org/archives/005818.asp No customized cakes with popular copyrighted images : http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/16/copyright_cops_crack.html
- wkcd webcomic, http://xkcd.com/294/
- “ Budweiser” patent : http://list.soundpub.com/subscribe/archive/BeerBrewer.html Rights to LSU bumper sticker : http://blog.mises.org/archives/006957.asp
- BMW “M” trademark : http://blog.mises.org/archives/006398.asp Cisco’s trademark in “iPhone ”: http://blog.mises.org/archives/006131.asp Rights over “parmesan ”: http://ip-updates.blogspot.com/2008/02/ecj-parmesian-infringes-pdo-for.html
- http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/10/0031217&from=rss
- Robert P. Merges & Richard R. Nelson, “On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope”: most economic models of patent scope and duration focus on the relation between breadth, duration, and incentives to innovate, without giving serious consideration to the social costs of greater duration and breadth in the form of retarded subsequent improvement;
- http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=261400
- “ Labor Theory of Value. After Böhm-Bawerk demolished the idea, the labor theory of value, founded by Locke, creeps in the back door. Ask libertarians to justify Private Property, they fall back on Locke: It is the result of their own labor, they say. The libertarians and the Marxists share this in common. Real Conservatives know that value comes from other (and Other) sources. (comments of Sid Cundiff , Jan. 21, 2008)” http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/civil_rights_and_wrongs/
- SPEAKING OF LABOR…
- http://blog.mises.org/archives/007614.asp So the concepts of labor and creation and value are mixed together (no pun intended): we use our labor to “ create ” things of “ value ”
- : “what the enforcing agency combats in a free society is invasion of the physical person and property, not injury to the values of property. For physical property is what the person owns; he does not have any ownership in monetary values, which are a function of what others will pay for his property.”
- http://blog.mises.org/archives/005213.asp
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanham_act