KOL379 | Tom Woods Show Ep. 2145 – Does Intellectual Property Exist?

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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 379.

This is my umpteenth appearance on the Tom Woods show: from Ep. 2145 Does Intellectual Property Exist? From his shownotes:

Is it possible that we’ve been snookered into believing in a nonsensical concept? Is it possible to “own” an idea? Stephan Kinsella walks us through copyright, patent, trademarks, and trade secrets from a libertarian perspective, and also considers the utilitarian arguments for intellectual property.

Related:

• Against Intellectual Property
• “Against Intellectual Property After Twenty Years: Looking Back and Looking Forward“
• Against Intellectual Monopoly, by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine; click here for a PDF
• A Selection of my Best Articles and Speeches on IP
• “Legal Scholars: Thumbs Down on Patent and Copyright”
• “The Overwhelming Empirical Case Against Patent and Copyright”
• “Innovations that Thrive without IP”
• “Examples of Ways Content Creators Can Profit Without Intellectual Property”
• Do Business Without Intellectual Property (Liberty.me, 2014) (PDF)