Copyrights Are Unlawful with Stephan Kinsella

Theocracy

One update off the bat, the organization website is launched now voluntarytheocracy.org, so there is now an easier way to access show notes and helpful links. There is one for this show already which I hope you'll find handy with things we reference today. There is a donation page also. I ask for $1/month. I have had several people ask to give one-time bitcoin donations before, but now there's a simple way to support. If you can't do a donation, please share an episode with someone who might find it helpful. I've gotten a couple reviews on iTunes so far. So thank you "slimzac" and "Joshua" for helping more people find the show. Now, some of you know I have a background in media production. And I have gotten royalty checks and benefitted from a copyright "tradition" (I don't call it law) on multiple occasions, and I have family who have had their entire livelihoods supported by it. So how can I say in the title that "Copyrights Are Unlawful?" Stephan Kinsella is my guest today. I found him through Tom Woods's podcast years back, and I've run in to his talks at Mises University online several times. He's a patent attorney who has helped me think through these issues practically relating to intellectual property and why it doesn't exist. I believe there is a Bible verse I can point to as well in Exodus, but we'll get to that. We get in to some less-than-settled issues as well.