Kinsella On Liberty
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KOL428 | Bob Murphy Show ep. 316: Rothbard’s Contributions to Legal Theory
April 13, 2024 01:30 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 428. I was a guest on Episode 316 of The Bob Murphy Show, entitled “Stephan Kinsella on Rothbard’s Contributions to Legal Theory." Bob's shownotes: "Stephan joins Bob to discuss his new book, Legal Foundations of a Free Society. They cover Rothbard’s contributions to legal theory, as well as Bob and Stephan’s differing entry points into libertarianism." https://youtu.be/iWx8DKMwk30?si=54KjWm_BndPX4a_e
KOL427 | Lewis & Clark College Debate on Intellectual Property Imperialism
April 11, 2024 16:15 - 40.8 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 427. Yesterday (April 10, 2024) I participated in Strings Attached: Tracing the Global Systems that Bind, 62nd Annual International Affairs Symposium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland Oregon, Debate 5: Pirates and Patents. Debate Topic: Is international intellectual property regulation a necessary protection for innovators or a form of modern imperialism? My opponent was Pieter Cleppe. My notes are appended below. Official audio/video from the college sho...
KOL426 | Discussing Immigration and Homesteading Donuts with Matthew Sands of Nations of Sanity
April 11, 2024 16:08 - 2 hours - 110 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 426. Matthew Sands of the Nations of Sanity project, which aims to promote the Non-Aggression Principle as a universal peace agreement, and I discussed various issues including: immigration and open borders, and so on. (See previous episode with Matthew, KOL372 | Discussing Contract Theory, Restitution, Punishment, with Matthew Sands of Nations of Sanity and KOL362 | California Gold #6, with Matt Sands: Defining Libertarianism, Anarchism and Voluntaryism...
KOL425 | Haman Nature: Stephan KINSELLA dismantles “intellectual” property
February 17, 2024 07:09 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 425. From Adam Haman's show Haman Nature. Released Feb. 15, 2024. From Adam's shownotes: Adam gets all intellectual and stuff with Stephan Kinsella. Part two of this interview explains why the concept of "intellectual" property is illegitimate and impedes humanity's progress. [Previous episode: KOL423 | Haman Nature Ep. 1: Getting Argumentative.] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vpTQHLw_kc Update: See the response/commentary video: https://youtu.be/k...
KOL424 | Legal Foundations of a Free Society, “What is Money” with Robert Breedlove
February 15, 2024 15:13 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 424. This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast (WiM430; Youtube channel; recorded Feb. 2, 2024; released Feb. 15, 2024). This one is independent of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” as it is about my own new book, instead of focusing on Hoppe's work. Episode Summary: Stephan Kinsella joins me to discuss his book, Legal Foundations of a Free Society. We talk about the concept of self-ownership, the classification of rights, the signif...
KOL423 | Haman Nature Ep. 1: Getting Argumentative
February 01, 2024 01:47 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 423. My appearance as the first guess on Adam Haman's new podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack). As I noted in the initial discussion, this is the fourth or fifth podcast for which I was the first guest, the others being KOL374 | The Intellectual Contributions of Hans-Hermann Hoppe: The Great Fiction Podcast Ep. 1, KOL078 | Lions of Liberty Podcast Inaugural Episode: Intellectual Property, KOL244 | “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael ...
KOL422 | “What Libertarianism Is” (Audio on ManPatria)
January 08, 2024 14:12 - 22 minutes - 50.9 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 422. A new podcast by Dumo Denga, ManPatria, has just released an audio narration of my article "What Libertarianism Is" for its first episode, entitled "What is Libertarianism." This narration appears to be based on the original article, not the updated version that appears as chap. 2 of Legal Foundations of a Free Society. There is also a previous narration of this article by Graham Wright (KOL005).
KOL421 | The Local Maximum with Max Sklar: Ep. 297 – The Fallacy of Intellectual Property
October 27, 2023 03:37 - 51 minutes - 27.8 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 421. This is my appearance on Episode 297 of The Local Maximum with host Max Sklar. Recorded Sep. 13, 2023, published Sep. 27, 2023. From their shownotes: Max talks to Stephan Kinsella, a libertarian intellectual property lawyer who ardently challenges the very foundations of IP. Kinsella delves deep into the core arguments underpinning intellectual property and the inherent fallacies. They also discuss the impact of generative AI on the copyright landsca...
KOL420 | There Ain’t No Intellectual Property: The Personal Story of a Discovery (PFS 2023)
September 24, 2023 11:35 - 16.3 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 420. From the recently-concluded Seventeenth Annual (2023) Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 24, 2023). The slide presentation is streamed below (ppt). Video is also below. Also podcast as Property and Freedom Podcast PFP265; see also the panel discussion later in the day (video below). Kinsella talk: https://youtu.be/QEmRgapffNQ Panel discussion: https://youtu.be/aEryCGV2oWU Slides: Notes from the slides: Stephan Kinsella C4SIF.org • Steph...
KOL419 | Soho Forum Debate vs. Corey Deangelis: School Choice
August 24, 2023 07:18 - 70 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 419. This is my Soho Forum debate held Aug. 21, 2023, in Manhattan, against Corey DeAngelis, of the American Federation for Children, moderated by Gene Epstein. I defended the resolution "Today’s school-choice movement in the U.S. is worthy of support by libertarians…" (taking the negative). Oxford debate rules applied which meant that whoever changed the most minds won. My side went from about 10 to 23 percentage points, gaining about 13; Corey went from...
KOL418 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part II
August 18, 2023 18:45 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 418. This is a followup to KOL414 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part I. See that episode for more information and notes. In Part III, we need to talk about corporations. For more on that, see Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation. https://youtu.be/5-Zvt59UlSk
KOL417: Commentary on Larken Rose, “IP: The Wrong Question”: Part 3
August 17, 2023 10:00 - 18.9 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 417. Part 3 of my video commentary on Larken Rose's recent comments on IP. For more information, see the description and links at KOL415: Commentary on Larken Rose, “IP: The Wrong Question”: Part 1. https://youtu.be/Q6dVF-DP-mY
KOL416: Commentary on Larken Rose, “IP: The Wrong Question”: Part 2
August 16, 2023 10:00 - 52.7 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 416. Part 2 of my video commentary on Larken Rose's recent comments on IP. For more information, see the description and links at KOL415: Commentary on Larken Rose, “IP: The Wrong Question”: Part 1. https://youtu.be/3W7ZSkzjOtQ
KOL415: Commentary on Larken Rose, “IP: The Wrong Question”: Part 1
August 15, 2023 19:53 - 43.9 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 415. Last year Larken Rose and I appeared on Patrick Smith's Disenthrall show, (( See KOL389 | Disenthrall, with Patrick Smith and Larken Rose: The Morality of Copyright “Piracy”. )) after Rose had posted some videos criticizing libertarians who pirated the HBO show "The Anarchists" as "poopheads," (( See "Pirating" Poopheads. )) even though he technically opposes IP. Or claims to. According to Rose, you should "throwing a couple dollars towards HBO" or s...
KOL414 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part I
August 11, 2023 20:11 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 414. Regarding this post, Libertarian Answer Man: Breach of Contract, Binding Obligations, and Impossibility, my old and longtime buddy Jeff Barr, a brilliant attorney and legal scholar and fellow Hoppean-Rothbardian (Jeff studied at UNLV under Rothbard and Hoppe), (( See Murray Rothbard as a Teacher: The UNLV Years—A Panel with Rothbard’s Former Students (AERC 2023). )) discussed these issues in further depth today. (Part 2: KOL418 | Corporations, Limit...
KOL413 | Café Bitcoin: Private Law, Legal Positivism, and the Administrative State
August 01, 2023 19:00 - 22.1 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 413. I was asked to make a guest appearance on SwanBitcoin's Café Bitcoin Tuesday today Aug. 1, 2023), where we discussed law versus legislation, the impacts of sound money on social character, and related matters. It was also posted on their podcast feed (iTunes; Spotify; google) and I include here my segment. Related: Legal Foundations of a Free Society (2023) Chapter 13, Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society Another Problem ...
KOL412 | IP Law Tutorial, Part 3: Trademark, Trade Secret, and Other
May 11, 2023 21:45 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 412. As noted in KOL409 (Part 1: Patent Law) and KOL411 (Part 2: Copyright Law), although I’ve done dozens of speeches and interviews over the past 20 or so years on libertarian aspects of intellectual property, or IP, that is, on IP policy, I’ve never done any in depth lectures for libertarians on IP law itself. In KOL409, I did a brief overview of various types of IP law, and then focused on the patent law and patent application process itself. KOL411 w...
KOL411 | IP Law Tutorial, Part 2: Copyright Law
April 27, 2023 21:47 - 1 hour - 89 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 411. As noted in KOL409 (Part 1: Patent Law), although I've done dozens of speeches and interviews over the past 20 or so years on libertarian aspects of intellectual property, or IP, that is, on IP policy, I've never done any in depth lectures for libertarians on IP law itself. In KOL409, I did a brief overview of various types of IP law, and then focused on the patent law and patent application process itself. This episode provides a tutorial on copyri...
KOL410 | Corrupt Money and Centralization of The State | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 6 (WiM303) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show
April 21, 2023 21:32 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 410. This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. 6 (WiM303) (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 6 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released April 21, 2023). From Robert’s Episode notes: EPISODE SUMMARY Stephan Kinsella joins me to continue our discussion about the book "A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. We discuss the impact of incentive schemes on productivity, the fake ...
KOL409 | IP Law Tutorial, Part 1: Patent Law
April 20, 2023 21:53 - 88.8 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 409. It occurred to me recently that although I've done dozens of speeches and interviews over the past 20 or so years on libertarian aspects of intellectual property, or IP, that is, on IP policy, I've never done any in depth lectures for libertarians on IP law itself. Today's discussion did a brief overview of various types of IP law, and then focused on the patent law and patent application process itself. It was followed with Q&A at the end. I plan to...
KOL408 | Soul of Enterprise #432: Abolishing IP
March 26, 2023 21:17 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 408. This is my appearance on The Soul of Enterprise, Episode 432, with hosts Ed Kless and Greg Tirico. Recorded Friday, March 24, 2023. Their shownotes are below. Ron and Ed recently welcomed patent attorney and advocate for abolishing intellectual property, Stephan Kinsella to the show. We explored what is (and is not) intellectual property and then had a conversation about why Stephan thinks these forms of property should not exist and why the world w...
KOL407 | Fair Use Discussion with James Cox (2016)
March 19, 2023 15:52 - 14 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 407. This is a short conversation I had with James Cox about copyright and fair use back in 2016 (Feb. 26). We also talk about the safe harbor in the DMCA and the §230 safe harbor in the CDA. https://www.youtube.com/live/wJ2sYz70gc4?feature=share
KOL406 | Why Socialism Can Never Improve the World | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 5 (WiM283) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show
March 10, 2023 18:09 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 406. This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM282 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 6 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released March 8, 2023). From Robert’s Episode notes: In this episode, Stephan Kinsella joins me for an in-depth conversation about the book "A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. We discuss the harmful effects of socialism, how to take proper action i...
KOL405 | The Psychology of Property | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 4 (WiM235) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show
March 08, 2023 18:12 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 405. This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM235 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 5 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released Nov. 9, 2022). From Robert’s Episode notes: Stephan Kinsella is an American intellectual property lawyer, author, and deontological anarcho-capitalist. He joins me for an in-depth conversation about the book "A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics" by Hans-Hermann Hop...
KOL404 | Webinar: How Humanity’s Progress Has Been Held Back: The Case Against IP (Intellectual Property) (Freedom Hub Working Group)
February 13, 2023 17:42 - 1 hour - 64 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 404. This was my Webinar presentation at the Freedom Hub Working Group, billed as: "For Over-Drugging of our Bodies and Food, Blame INTELLECTUAL Property" (Wed., Feb. 9, 2023), with co-hosts Jim Grapek and Charles Frohman. It was released under the title "How Humanity’s Progress Has Been Held Back: The Case Against IP (Intellectual Property)." Rumble: !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._....
KOL403 | The Bitcoin Group #343: FTX, Nukes and the Environment, Legal Tender in Arizona, ETFs
January 28, 2023 01:30 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 403. I was a guest today (Jan. 27, 2023) on The Bitcoin Group #343, on the World Crypto Network (Youtube channel), hosted by Thomas Hunt @MadBitcoins. The other panelists included the CryptoRaptor (Dan Eve); Ben Arc; Martin @generalbyltes. We discussed a variety of topics. https://youtu.be/878nyinOyqQ Shownotes: Featuring… Joshua Scigala (https://twitter.com/Vaultoro) Dan Eve (https://twitter.com/cryptopoly) Stephan Kinsella (https://twitter.com...
KOL402 | Austrian Economics Discord Conference: Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, Parallels and Death in a Bitcoin World
January 20, 2023 18:57 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 402. This is my presentation (audio only) at the Austrian Economics Discord Conference: “Inflation, Money, and the State,” Austrian Economics Discord Server (Jan. 7–8, 2023); my talk was "Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, Parallels and Death in a Bitcoin World." Previous appearance: KOL371 | Austrian Economics Discord Conference: Law, Decentralized and Centralized. My talk below: https://youtu.be/Uvi05GJE5LM Final trailer: https://youtu.be/890corLQK...
KOL401 | Sazmining Twitter Space: Bitcoin & Property Rights
January 17, 2023 00:33 - 118 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 401. I appeared on a Twitter Spaces discussion Jan. 12, 2023 for Sazmining, for the topic "Bitcoin & Property Rights," with Kent Halliburton and Logan Chipkin. A variety of questions were fielded. A synopsis and transcript are here, and re-pixeled below. Synopsis: Lawyer and libertarian theorist Stephan Kinsella joins Logan Chipkin and Kent Halliburton to discuss Bitcoin from a property rights perspective. If Bitcoin is not physical, how can anyone own ...
KOL400 | Ask an Austrian #11: IP, Anarchy, Natural Rights…
December 08, 2022 02:43 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 400. I appeared tonight (Dec. 7, 2022) on the LP Mises Caucus’s Ask an Austrian podcast and youtube channel, episode 11, at the request of Liam McCollum. I fielded as many questions as I could in the allotted time. The questions given to me ahead of the session are posted below, most of which I addressed. https://youtu.be/lcDVXIg_0Lw Questions: Karson Rosander - can you explain the history of the term “intellectual property” and how it’s evolved? How c...
KOL399 | CryptoVoices: Ukraine and Liberalism
November 04, 2022 21:39 - 1 hour - 160 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 399. This is my appearance on the CryptoVoices podcast, Episode 138, interviewed by host Matthew Mežinskis. Update: To be clear, in my off the cuff comments about some "antiwar" types and Israel and Russia, I had in mind some particular individuals, some private conversations and some others online, but did not mean the good folks at Antiwar.com--I've long been and remain a supporter, financial and otherwise, of Antiwar.com. I should have been clearer wi...
KOL398 | Story and The Power of Control | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 3 (WiM229) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show
October 28, 2022 20:18 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 398. This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM229 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 3 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released Oct. 26, 2022). For Ep. 1, see KOL391 | Hoppe’s A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, Ep. 1 with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show. For Ep. 2, see KOL394 | The Nature of Property, Ep. 2 (WiM216) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show. From Robert’s Episode notes: “Stephan Ki...
KOL397 | Libertarian Podcast Review ep. 70: Patently False – Kinsella Defends Hoppe
October 26, 2022 19:49 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 397. I was a guest last night (Oct. 25, 2022) on the Libertarian Podcast Review ... podcast, ep. 70, with hosts Tyler Janke and Garbage Mane Andy. We discussed... well... Hoppe. They're like—why are you always the one called on to defend Hoppe? I'm thinking—I dunno, you tell me. Related links: Magness on Hoppe; the Kochtopus and the Mises Caucus Jacob Hornberger on Defamation and Alex Jones Palmer Lies about Involuntary Unemployment–yet again! ha...
KOL396 | Decentralized Revolution #87: The Attacks on Hoppe
September 22, 2022 09:17 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 396. From Decentralized Revolution ep. 87 with Aaron Harris. From the Youtube Shownotes: Stephan Kinsella shares his views on libertarian attacks on Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Hoppe’s actual positions on immigration and monarchy, and the differences between libertarian universalism and decentralization. We discuss my article Magness on Hoppe; the Kochtopus and the Mises Caucus. https://youtu.be/KLnXUjsitrM Further shownotes: Hans-Hermann Hoppe at the Mises ...
KOL395 | Selling Does Not Imply Ownership, and Vice-Versa: A Dissection (PFS 2022)
September 18, 2022 03:01 - 19.8 MBNote: An article based on the transcript (below) was published as Stephan Kinsella, "Selling Does Not Imply Ownership, and Vice-Versa: A Dissection," The Libertarian Standard (Oct. 25, 2022). An updated and revised version of this article appears as chap. 11 of Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2023). *** Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 395. From the recently-concluded Sixteenth Annual (2022) Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 17, 2022). The vide...
KOL394 | The Nature of Property, Ep. 2 (WiM216) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show
September 17, 2022 09:09 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 394. This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM216 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 2 of the "Stephan Kinsella Series." For Ep. 1, see KOL391 | Hoppe’s A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, Ep. 1 with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show. From Robert’s Episode notes: “Stephan Kinsella is an American intellectual property lawyer, author, and deontological anarcho-capitalist. He joins me for an in-depth conversation a...
KOL393 | Trying to Talk Some IP Sense into Dennis from Las Vegas
September 06, 2022 22:31 - 2 hours - 129 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 393. After a Twitter spat with Las Vegas Libertarian about IP (see here and here), I offered to have a discussion with him. I didn't make much headway, but it was a fun, robust discussion. Oh well. I tried. Related: “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism,” Mises Daily (July 28, 2010) Yet another Randian recants on IP (Feb. 1, 2012) An Objectivist Recants on IP (Dec. 4, 2009) Letter from a UK Grad Student Does Cato’s New Objectivist CEO Joh...
KOL392 | Café Bitcoin Tuesday
August 30, 2022 21:19 - 66.5 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 392. I was asked to make a guest appearance on SwanBitcoin's Café Bitcoin Tuesday today, with host Alex, where we discussed ownership of bitcoin, property rights, bitcoin maximalism, money vs. language, bitcoin and free speech, and related matters. It was also posted on their podcast feed (iTunes; Spotify; google) and I include here my segment. Related: KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019) KOL085 | The History, Meaning, and Future of Legal Tende...
KOL390 | Disenthrall with Patrick Smith: Aggression and Property Rights in the Libertarian Party Platform
July 18, 2022 06:00 - 47.9 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 390. In the second half of a discussion on Disenthrall (for Part I, see KOL389 | Disenthrall: With Patrick Smith and Larken Rose the Morality of Copyright “Piracy”), host Patrick Smith and I discussed recent changes to the Libertarian Party Platform related to aggression and property rights; see Aggression and Property Rights Plank in the Libertarian Party Platform. We also touched on other issues like abandonment of property. Youtube of show: https://y...
KOL389 | Disenthrall, with Patrick Smith and Larken Rose: The Morality of Copyright “Piracy”
July 16, 2022 18:12 - 60.7 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 389. I appeared on Patrick Smith's show Disenthrall last night (July 15, 2022), along with Larken Rose, to discuss the morality of piracy of copyrighted content. Larken had posted a video earlier the same day (see below) regarding the HBO series The Anarchists, where he criticized the libertarians who were gleefully pirating the show (downloading unauthorized copies to watch for free) instead of subscribing to HBO to watch it legally. Larken is against co...
KOL388 | Cantus Firmus with Cody Cook: Against Intellectual Property
July 08, 2022 16:01 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 388. I was a guest on Cantus Firmus, with host Cody Cook (episode released July 8, 2022; recorded July 7, 2022) . We discussed IP etc. From his shownotes: Stephan Kinsella was my guest to talk about “intellectual property,” the concept that an individual’s ideas belong to them and should be protected from free use by others through law. Stephan is a patent attorney and libertarian writer in Houston whose book Against Intellectual Property is the seminal w...
KOL387 | The Great IP Debate of 1983: McElroy vs. Schulman
July 06, 2022 06:21 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 387. This is a classic debate on intellectual property between Wendy McElroy and J. Neil Schulman† at the Libertarian Supper Club in Westwood (Los Angeles), California, in 1983. McElroy takes the anti-IP side and Schulman argues for IP. I don't appear in this episode but I thought my listeners might find it of interest. https://youtu.be/-_Nyaav6Js0 I wrote about this on Mises Daily, as “The Great IP Debate of 1983,” Mises Daily (July 18, 2011), which co...
KOL386 | Toward Anarchy with Michael Storm: IP, Bitcoin, NFTs, Digital Ownership
July 04, 2022 06:18 - 1 hour - 44 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 386. I was a guest on Toward Anarchy with host Michael Storm on July 3, 2022. His shownotes (Youtube channel): Anarchist, Author, Lawyer, Electrical Engineer, Stephan Kinsella discusses the Economics and Morality of Intellectual Property with me. We'll get into the value, subjective and objective, of Crypto-Currencies, NFTs and other Digital things. Find out more about Stephan and dive into the large body of work he has from books to audio and video on t...
KOL385 | “Goods, Scarce and Nonscarce” (audio)
June 30, 2022 03:37 - 31.1 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 385. This is an audio version of my article "Goods, Scarce and Nonscarce" (with Jeffrey A. Tucker), Mises Daily (Aug. 25, 2010). Narrated by Bob Reilly. N.b.: the narrator mispronounces some words, e.g. he pronounces Menger as "Minn-jer" and causally as "casually". https://youtu.be/jINbQrRq-g0
KOL384 | Freedom’s Phoenix with Ernie Hancock at PorcFest: Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, the Mises Caucus and the Reno Reset
June 25, 2022 04:32 - 1 hour - 28 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 384. My appearance on Ernie Hancock's show at PorcFest 2022, recorded June 23, 2022. Episode. Related: KOL307 | Ernie Hancock Freedom’s Phoenix on IP in the Internet Age KOL272 | Ernie Hancock Freedom’s Phoenix on Reputation Rights, Defamation, IP KOL229 | Ernie Hancock Show: IP Debate with Alan Korwin KOL133 | IP Bonanza on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock KOL089 | Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock radio: Intellectual...
KOL383 | Bitcoin at PorcFest: Patent Trolls, Bitcoin Ownership, the Mises Caucus and the Reno Reset
June 24, 2022 16:42 - 19.6 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 383. I was an impromptu guest at the FreeTalkLive tent at PorcFest 2022 yesterday (June 23, 2022), with hosts Patrick Motorist and Tone Vays, discussing the Open Crypto Foundation, the Reno Reset, and related matters. Related: KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019) https://youtu.be/v1E4i3od_T4?t=1954
KOL382 | FreeTalkLive at PorcFest: Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Reno Reset
June 24, 2022 03:26 - 4.81 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 382. I was an impromptu guest at the FreeTalkLive tent at PorcFest 2022 today (June 23, 2022), with host Mark Edge (and Aria) discussing corporations and limited liability, and also the recent "Reno Reset" at the Libertarian Party's 2022 Convention in Reno. Related: Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation Aggression and Property Rights Plank in the Libertarian Party Platform
KOL381 | Twitter Spaces with Eric John: Intellectual Property History, Theory and Fallacies
June 18, 2022 21:57 - 46 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 381. This is my discussion with Eric John on Twitter Spaces, on June 18, 2022, about intellectual property—its genesis, common fallacies and misunderstandings, the labor theory of property, libertarian "creationism," and so on. We discussed ownership of information and touched briefly on ownership of bitcoin. Related: Against Intellectual Property (including Selected Supplementary Material) ——, “Against Intellectual Property After Twenty Years: Look...
KOL380 | Tom Jump: Anarchy and Libertarianism
June 16, 2022 22:58 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 380. Tom Jump, of the TJump Youtube channel, had me on to discuss anarcho-capitalism and related issues. I was not familiar with him or what position he would be coming from; turns out he's a self-professed "centrist liberal" but was very intelligent, and surprisingly civil despite espousing some views completely contrary to libertarianism and my own beliefs. https://youtu.be/wRAJJC3TleI
KOL379 | Tom Woods Show Ep. 2145 – Does Intellectual Property Exist?
June 15, 2022 13:43 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 379. This is my umpteenth appearance on the Tom Woods show: from Ep. 2145 Does Intellectual Property Exist? From his shownotes: Is it possible that we’ve been snookered into believing in a nonsensical concept? Is it possible to “own” an idea? Stephan Kinsella walks us through copyright, patent, trademarks, and trade secrets from a libertarian perspective, and also considers the utilitarian arguments for intellectual property. https://youtu.be/htD61sX9LkM ...
KOL378 | IP Discussion with Objectivist “Voice of Reason”
June 01, 2022 13:31 - 2 hours - 150 MBKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 378. [Note: I mistakenly posted this as a blog post instead of a podcast entry on March 28, 2022; please see comments on the original post here.] I had some exchanges with Voice of Reason in the comments section for a Mises.org article on IP a few weeks ago about intellectual property so we decided to have a discussion. Here it is. FWIW. (See the comments section of the Mises.org article titled Why Intellectual Property Isn't Necessary to Reward Innovati...