tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post536019661723401432..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Massive EvasionGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-18376756983034745832011-11-10T03:54:07.187-06:002011-11-10T03:54:07.187-06:00Michael,
Sorry to be so late posting your comment...Michael,<br /><br />Sorry to be so late posting your comment: As is often the case, it appeared in my Blogger comment queue, but not the GMail account I have linked to this blog.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-59759520384037992582011-11-08T02:52:31.188-06:002011-11-08T02:52:31.188-06:00Indeed, there is no fundamental difference between...Indeed, there is no <i>fundamental</i> difference between intellectual and other types of property.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-27965087388155961502011-11-08T01:33:23.905-06:002011-11-08T01:33:23.905-06:00you will be shocked at some of the stuff that come...you will be shocked at some of the stuff that comes out from people about intellectual property, especially libertarians. Terrible to say the least, much like their understanding of history. Take a look a this example:<br /><br />" but who pays to enforce copyright laws on millions of people? Tax slaves. So by demanding your right to copies, and using the government to do so, you are stealing wealth from others.<br /><br />All inventions incorporate copies of previous work, are inspired by previous inventions, are new combinations of previous ideas. In essence all inventors are violating intellectual property rights."Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-35359668406749164822011-11-07T22:18:26.203-06:002011-11-07T22:18:26.203-06:00"There is no loss when something is copied, o..."There is no loss when something is copied, or the loss is radically different from losing something like your bike."<br /><br />Losing my life is radically different from losing my bike as well. <br /><br />This person is admitting with this statement that there is a loss and it is caused by someone else. Hmmm. Different perhaps, in the same manner that stealing a car is different than stealing a life; yet both are still wrong, only to differing degrees.<br /><br />I have not and will never understand the fundamental difference between intellectual property and physical property. Every moral argument I've ever heard against IP, seems to apply equally to my house or anything else I own.<br /><br />The scarcity argument is economic, not moral.Steve D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-31617776220389832772011-11-07T10:29:30.202-06:002011-11-07T10:29:30.202-06:00Hell, by his reasoning, the government is CREATING...Hell, by his reasoning, the government is CREATING value by printing money.<br /><br />Give that man a Nobel in economics!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-11179686489795235712011-11-07T06:44:01.327-06:002011-11-07T06:44:01.327-06:00I suppose the good doctor would also conclude not ...I suppose the good doctor would also conclude not only that the government printing money to pay off debt has done nothing wrong, but moreover that such printing does nothing to devalue the currency!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-64343824965047183222011-11-07T06:30:46.265-06:002011-11-07T06:30:46.265-06:00It also reminds me of an objection against libel/s...It also reminds me of an objection against libel/slander laws in which the lack of <i>physical</i> harm is taken incorrectly to mean no harm is done.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-3258660521666837672011-11-07T05:20:38.771-06:002011-11-07T05:20:38.771-06:00This sounds like a variant of the common, incorrec...This sounds like a variant of the common, incorrect libertarian defense of physical property (and subsequent attack on IP) rooted in "scarcity."Andrew Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001665674703307354noreply@blogger.com