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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 393.
After a Twitter spat with Las Vegas Libertarian about IP (see here and here), I offered to have a discussion with him. I didn’t make much headway, but it was a fun, robust discussion. Oh well. I tried.
Related:
- “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism,” Mises Daily (July 28, 2010)
- Yet another Randian recants on IP (Feb. 1, 2012)
- An Objectivist Recants on IP (Dec. 4, 2009)
- Letter from a UK Grad Student
- Does Cato’s New Objectivist CEO John Allison Presage Retrogression on IP?
- Timothy Sandefur, “A Critique of Ayn Rand’s Theory of Intellectual Property Rights,” Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 9, no. 1 (Fall 2007): 139–61
- Against Intellectual Property After Twenty Years: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Fun ending, when you checked to confirm that you changed his mind :-). Did anyone in human history ever change their mind/position about any moral idea? Sigh. The more frustrating thing was how he made it sound like you guys just have an honest difference of opinion – when in fact he (they) are simply wrong, or at least they didn’t follow the arguments. Early in the show he agreed that the burden of proof was on him… and then ig conveniently forgot about that ;).
Nice gentleman though.