From: T0Morrow@aol.com
Date: Sun Jun 09 2002 - 22:26:45 MDT
Dan asks,
>What do you think the Extropian position [on IP] should be? Should there be
>one? How would one go about measuring extropy in this context?
But he fairly well answers his own question, continuing thus:
>BTW, the libertarian position -- not assuming Extropians must always and
>everywhere march in lockstep with it -- is quite clear: there are
>libertarians both for and against intellectual property.:) (Of course,
>there are many different reasons given to defend either stance...)
My observation of Extropians' debates leads me to conclude that they share
the libertarians' variance of opinion. Right and left-wingers show similar
splits on the justifiability of IP, however, so I don't think that
libertarian ambivalence unique.
I see little in Extropian thought that mandates either a pro- or anti-IP
position; the principles speak too generally to dictate results in such
matters.
T.0. Morrow
http://members.aol.com/t0morrow/T0Mpage.html
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