All Posts Tagged With: "fair use"
Mises on Copyrights
The widespread reproduction and “sharing” of copyrighted music on the Internet led a friend to ask me what Ludwig von Mises would have thought about the situation. The more I pondered the question, the more I concluded that Mises would have considered this just another case where copyright law must play catch-up with new technology. [...]
1Jun2004 | Bettina Bien Greaves | 2 comments | ContinuedRights in Ideas Infringe Rights in Tangible Property
Ilana Mercer is a freelance editorial columnist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to the U.S. Court of Appeal’s decision in the Napster case, all indications were that the parties to the litigation were adjusting to a reality in which copyright might become a thing of the past. TVT Records, one of the largest U.S. [...]
1Jul2001 | Ilana Mercer | 21 comments | Continued-
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