A report by Joe Mullin on the sad plight of Fotki and other photo-sharing sights being targeted by patent-wielder FotoMedia. When will IP supporters realize asserting patents is, in the words of the Fotki’s Igor Shoifot, “evil.”
[cross-posted at AgainstMonopoly]
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Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and retired patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020), and The Universal Principles of Liberty (2025).
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