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Thomas Jefferson on the ethics/cost/benefit of IP regulation (1813)

by readbeard on 6/10/22, 1:05 AM with 1 comments

  • by bediger4000 on 6/10/22, 1:59 AM

    Dressed in 18th century antique prose, but he was scoffing at the idea of "intellectual property"

    Another interesting quote: > Stable ownership is the gift of social law

    This goes directly against the idea of "God given rights". Privaye property is an aspect of social law, you heard it from a Founding Father.