intellectual property

KOL172 | “Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics: Lecture 1: History and Law” (Mises Academy, 2011)

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 172. This is the first of six lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics” (Tuesdays, Mar. 22–April 26, 2011), which was a reprise of a similar Mises Academy course in October 2010. The slides and video for this lecture, as well as the “suggested readings” […]

KOL171 | With Albert Lu Discussing Stossel and IP

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 171. I was a guest yesterday (Feb. 6, 2015) on Albert Lu’s “The Economy” podcast, discussing my recent appearance on Stossel [Stossel Show on Intellectual Property (Fox Business Channel, Jan. 30, 2015)]. The full episode is here; the portion including only our interview is included in this podcast feed.

KOL169 | Daniel Rothschild Interview: The Origins and Purpose of Property Rights

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 169. I was interviewed today by Daniel Rothschild for his “Live Free, Die Old” Youtube channel. We discussed primarily the fallacious argument that Lockean-libertarian-based property titles are flawed if they are based on conquest or cannot be traced back to the first homesteader. Background material: Rothbard on the “Original Sin” in Land Titles: 1969 […]

Italian Translation of “The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide”

My article “The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide,” Mises Daily (Sept. 4, 2009) has been translated into Italian, by Adriano Gualandi, as “Contro la proprietà intellettuale: una breve guida.” So for my work has been translated into 14 languages. (Comments from the original Mises blog discussion, now deleted, are archived here.)

KOL166 | Peter Schiff Show with Jeff Tucker: Patent Law (2012)

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 166. I was a guest back on June 6, 2012 on the Peter Schiff Show (guest host Jeff Tucker), discussing problems with patent law. The original audio file for the full show is here; my segment was from 1:00:55 to the end (about 20 minutes total). For the podcast feed I have included only […]

KOL165 | Austrian AV Club Interview—Mises Institute Canada: Intellectual Property, Rand, “Creationism” (2012)

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 165. This is my Austrian AV Club Interview by Redmond Weissenberger, Director of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada, back from May 3, 2012. We had a long-ranging discussion of intellectual property and libertarian theory, including a discussion about exactly how Ayn Rand and other libertarians got off track on this issue, […]

Does FitBit Owe a Royalty to the Writers of This Song?

by Gaius PubliusSomething fun. Lately I've been inundated with ads for something called "FitBit" — a health toy that sits on your wrist and, apparently, talks to the Health app on your iPhone. Or something. The problem is the song. It's catchy, yes, very earwormy. But if you know your punk (or "parody punk") French popular music, it's also way too familiar.Bear with me; this will be worth it.

KOL164 | Obama’s Patent Reform: Improvement or Continuing Calamity?: Mises Academy (2011)

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 164. Friday, Sep. 23, 2011, I conducted a Mises Academy Webinar discussing the America Invents Act, signed into law Sept. 16 2011 by President Obama. I discussed the webinar in a Mises Daily article, Obama’s Patent Reform: Improvement or Continuing Calamity? and discussed the AIA in further detail in The American […]