Questions tagged [intellectual-property]
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Do libertarians like Robert Nozick and Ayn Rand agree with the idea of enforcing intellectual property?
How do hardline libertarians like Nozick and Rand consider the question intellectual property and monopolies through patents?
On one hand, it seem to me that they would support the concept, given the importance they place on the freedom to do as…
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"Intellectual property" of publications
Intellectual property is a broad and ill-defined notion so I want to be clear what I am talking about. I am not talking about someone taking credit for another's published work, surely authors should get credit. I am not talking about patenting…
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If piracy is unethical, what is the ethical status of loaning/reselling physical (or single access) forms of intellectual property?
My understanding is that piracy is generally considered unethical because it allows the pirate to consume (or simply enjoy the pleasure of) the intellectual property, without making the creator (or rights holder) better off.
However, it does not…
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Does free software contradict its own "free as in speech" metaphor?
The "free as in speech" metaphor is often used to describe free software like that licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL).
But the GPL restricts your freedom to distribute derivatives as closed source, asserting that if you make a derivative…
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Alternative Conceptions of Knowledge than Intellectual Property
In the modern world, especially in Western nations, knowledge has been treated as something that can be owned. Therefore, the same property rights one has toward other persons and objects also apply to knowledge.
However, there is a rather large…
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