tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post5408302264280140165..comments2024-01-03T02:41:53.594-09:00Comments on Patriot's Lament: The State (Dubstep) and Notes on Intellectual (non)PropertyJoshua Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314841330994831499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post-41577709801555198522012-01-26T23:03:05.368-09:002012-01-26T23:03:05.368-09:00It's hard to argue with someone who watches on...It's hard to argue with someone who watches one of two youtube videos, doesn't read the book, then defends caging and killing people who mitigate scarcity at no cost to anyone else (oops, I mean I.P. "criminals").<br /><br />Only someone who is intellectually lazy would categorize reducing scarcity (which is by definition an increase in wealth) along the lines of murder, rape, or theft.David Giesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210400463275045708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post-57387633539190183382012-01-26T21:40:52.355-09:002012-01-26T21:40:52.355-09:00I watched the entire 25 minute video and didn'...I watched the entire 25 minute video and didn't hear a single argument defending his statement that intellectual property is incompatible with capitalism. I heard Kinsella mock (at minute 10) the idea that IP rights are property rights, but mockery isn't an argument. I heard Kinsella say (at minute 24) that IP patents are costly. I suppose we should not try to apprehend a murderer, rapist, or purse snatcher because that could be costly too.<br /><br />It's hard to argue with somebody that just talked for 25 minutes and didn't make a single point to support his contention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com