Intellectual property trumps civil liberties every year.
There's a myth that limited intellecutal property rights are consistent with civil liberties. They're not.
Patents cause one person's actions to limit the permitted actions of another. Not through some form of real scarcity, but by an arbitrary rule of the state. It's inconsistent with the principle of live and let live.
There's a myth that limited intellecutal property rights are consistent with civil liberties. They're not.
Patents cause one person's actions to limit the permitted actions of another. Not through some form of real scarcity, but by an arbitrary rule of the state. It's inconsistent with the principle of live and let live.