by Bob Podolsky | Oct 5, 2016 | Applied Ethics, ethical, Hierarchy, Intelletuctual Property
Introduction There has been much discussion about “property rights”, “human rights”, “self-ownership” and the “non-aggression principle” or N.A.P. Most of the ideas on these subjects that seem worth discussing are existential in nature. For instance one often hears...
by Bob Podolsky | Jun 5, 2013 | BORG, Government, Police State
BORG Judge orders Decrypt Laptop, or Go Directly to Jail By David Kravet If a BORG judge orders you to decrypt the only existing copies of incriminating files, are your constitutional rights against compelled self-incrimination being violated? That’s the provocative...
by Bob Podolsky | May 13, 2013 | 3D Printing, BORG, Government, Hierarchy, Intelletuctual Property, Legislation, Military Industrial Complex, Police State
U.S. Government vs. DEFCAD: You Can’t Fix Stupid Kevin Carson | May 12th, 2013 There’s nothing quite so funny as the sight of the authoritarian functionaries of a dying order trying to suppress a revolution they don’t understand — and failing miserably. The State...
by Bob Podolsky | May 13, 2013 | BORG, ethical, Government, Hierarchy, Legislation, Police State
Does Innovation Require the Patent Office? Jeffrey Tucker · May 10, 2013 Two years ago, I spoke to a gentlemen who had started and sold four companies. He was currently working on a new project that sounded very promising (for all I know, he has already sold that one...
by Bob Podolsky | Mar 10, 2013 | BORG
Copyright and the End of Internet Freedom by Stephan Kinsella on May 10, 2011 It is obvious to advocates of liberty that modern communications and technology–cell phones, twitter, texting, video, youtube, email, and the Internet–are crucially important in the fight to...