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Dissecting Boldrin and Levine: An Alternate View of Intellectual Property
Submitted by Mike Powers on Sun, 2009-01-25 17:00
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"I can't help but wonder whether most opposition to IP protection comes from people who have produced nothing of value and who feel entitled to steal from anybody who has. That kind of attitude represents, to my mind, the decay of society, the equivalent of governments believing they are entitled to tax without limit from the productive because of the alleged 'need' of recipients for the stolen loot." Column by John deLaubenfels.
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