Libertarian VP Candidate... Patent Hoarder?

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 06/06/2008 - 22:15

I don't consider myself to be a libertarian, though I tend to agree with libertarians on many policy issues (to be clear: I don't consider myself anything politically -- not even the dreaded "independent").

However, the split among libertarians over intellectual property rights fascinates me. There is a large group of libertarians who are against intellectual property rights (or, at least in favor of weakening them drastically).

And then there's another camp that are very much in favor of intellectual...


 

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