Stephan Kinsella: The Intellectual Property Racket
..."the IP issue nagged at me. I was never satisfied with Ayn Rand's justification for it.".... ..."libertarianism's initial presumption should have been that IP is invalid, not the other way around. After all, we libertarians already realize that
Ernie, I don't know if you read these comments while on the air, but I sure would like to know if Stephan thinks that IP law may have been needed at some point in time.
Every time I get in a discussion about IP with someone, they say that without patent and copyright laws, the incentive to be creative or invent something is nonexistent.