There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition. Musicians can obviously get paid for performing and having their music copied and "pirated" helps them in this respect by making them more well known, more popular.
The libertarian approach is a very symmetrical one: the non-aggression principle does not rule out force, but only the initiation of force. In other … - Stephan Kinsella
The libertarian approach is a very symmetrical one: the non-aggression principle does not rule out force, but only the initiation of force. In other …
- Stephan Kinsella
The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean home… - Stephan Kinsella
The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean home…
We must recognize that only scarce resources are ownable; second, that the body is a type of scarce resource; third, that the mode of acquiring title… - Stephan Kinsella
We must recognize that only scarce resources are ownable; second, that the body is a type of scarce resource; third, that the mode of acquiring title…
Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist. - Stephan Kinsella
Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist.
To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore, that … - Stephan Kinsella
To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore, that …
The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to … - Stephan Kinsella
The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to …
My basic approach is to recognize that mainstream legal theories of contract have been muddied by unlibertarian and positivistic conceptions of law a… - Stephan Kinsella
My basic approach is to recognize that mainstream legal theories of contract have been muddied by unlibertarian and positivistic conceptions of law a…
The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the printing press… - Stephan Kinsella
The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the printing press…
Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I… - Stephan Kinsella
Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I…
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