tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625757.post3130993815732637574..comments2023-06-12T09:37:49.997-06:00Comments on Policy Economics: This Entry is Illegal Because I'm Sure Someone Else Thought of it FirstLarry Eubankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566964700226634137noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625757.post-4450757133840186512008-12-14T07:28:00.000-07:002008-12-14T07:28:00.000-07:00Very interesting discussion. Thanks.Over the cour...Very interesting discussion. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Over the course of the semester we have spent time with the libertarian approach to libery as well as the classical liberal approach to liberty. I tend to see the libertarian approach is more conceptual (utopian?) and less practical, while I tend to view the classical liberal approach more practical. I'm not quite sure, but I think your discussion Larry Eubankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566964700226634137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625757.post-2433191062182865992008-11-30T21:39:00.000-07:002008-11-30T21:39:00.000-07:00A Quote from Austin..."The only reason I can think...A Quote from Austin...<BR/><BR/>"The only reason I can think of why some libertarians would be against patents and copyrights is because laws like these prevent them from cheating. Obviously any person who swallows the libertarian dogma lock, stock and barrel cannot think for himself, but must be lead around by other people's ideas. So if libertarians can't rely on others ideas, they would be Brandon Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772192588042316715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625757.post-23649193013348431082008-11-29T19:59:00.000-07:002008-11-29T19:59:00.000-07:00I’d like to start with your last point because I t...I’d like to start with your last point because I think it’s your most grievous error. You hit me with the fact that copyrights are in my “own best interest” and leave it as if landing a knockout punch. The problem with this is it’s also in my own best interest to can you on the top of the head and steal all your money every time I see you. So why don’t I do that too?<BR/><BR/>I realize you’re Jaeson Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093594487686219449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625757.post-62008906729326734962008-11-20T18:20:00.000-07:002008-11-20T18:20:00.000-07:00Jaeson,Thank you for your response, and I absolute...Jaeson,<BR/>Thank you for your response, and I absolutely respect your ideas and thoughts. I believe you can be very insightful. So please don't take it personally, that in this instance, I believe you are wrong. I can almost disregard most of your rebuttal because it is entirely based on the mistaken assumption that inventions are simply ideas and not property. This is clearly not the case. Austin Frindthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03680091930841633885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625757.post-40412578842054714082008-11-20T09:12:00.000-07:002008-11-20T09:12:00.000-07:00This is a difficult issue for me to take up becaus...This is a difficult issue for me to take up because I fancy myself something of a writer, and if copyright law were to disappear it would have a rather noticeable impact on my future earning potential. And yet, intellectually, I find your position indefensible. So while I may privately remain a pitiable and loathsome rent seeker, I suppose I can at least do my part within this rather small Jaeson Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093594487686219449noreply@blogger.com