Tag: intellectual property

Technology IP, Homesteading, and Food Labeling

Skyler J. Collins (Editor)

Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original weekly column appearing every Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. This past week, Everything-Voluntary.com passed the 50,000 page view mark, a month short of our one year anniversary. This week…

Raw Milk, 3D Printing, and Kid Scientists

Skyler J. Collins (Editor)

Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original weekly column appearing every Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. The reason this column is titled “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is because that’s all I am. My positions are not the…

The Basics of Copyright

Editor's Pick

Guest post by Wendy McElroy. I argue for copyright based on contract rather than upon natural rights because no natural ownership exists in freely expressed ideas. Ownership exists only in ideas that are protected by prior agreement or that remain unexpressed. What is the difference between a contractual and a natural right?Read the full thing…

First Endorsements for the Book

Skyler J. Collins (Editor)

Here are the first endorsements I’ve received for the book: “A wonderful selection of first-rate essays on one of the most important principles of civilized life—cooperating with people instead of controlling, taxing, dragooning, bullying or bombing them. Bravo, Skyler Collins!” – Lawrence W. Reed, president, Foundation for Economic Education. “This book contains a very useful,…