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Alas, the Love of Wisdom

"Are Patents and Copyrights Morally Justified?: The Philosophy of Property Rights and Ideal Objects," Tom G. Palmer, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, vol. 13, no. 3 (Summer 1990) [PDF, 50 pp. 9.09Mb]

Mr. Palmer is Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. Though I found his site because the Volokh Conspiracy linked to it, and someone else linked to the Volokhs', I had just finished reading a piece on him in the Summer 2001 issue of the St. John's College, the alumni magazine.

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Why do we care?

Because we are human. This is what we do. Cogito ergo sum

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Think of the Children

If you reduce the DMCA to absurdity, its proponents rapidly appear ridiculous.

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I don't suppose you remember what we were talking about?

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Did you sing along?

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Does your 2 year-old have to clear rights before drawing a picture of Pooh?

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How do you write book reports? How do you write research papers?

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How do you teach composition without providing examples?

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4) Where and how the DMCA should be applied is a matter of great controversy. The reported letter to SnoSoft was not consistent or indicative of HP's policy. We can say emphatically that HP will not use the DMCA to stifle research or impede the flow of information that would benefit our customers and improve their system security.
— statement of Hewlett-Packard

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