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Can We Own Our Thoughts and Words?

Rocky Ferrenburg I was listening to Dave Smith’s podcast, Part of the Problem, and they brought up a topic that seems to be a spot of contention for Libertarians: Intellectual Property. Intellectual property is the concept that someone owns an idea and that others cannot reproduce that idea without the owner’s permission. Being a musician,…

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Dear Taylor Swift: The Trouble with Copyright Is Deeper Than You Know

Taylor Swift is the latest celebrity to come out publicly against the music industry’s business model, complaining that an Ithaca Holdings deal left her unable to claim any rights over her first six albums. But while the artist’s frustration is warranted, considering that she may have not understood that this could have happened when she signed a…