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America's Spy Software Scandal, Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice

Michelle Malkin | 9 July 2003
Inslaw deserves to be compensated. More importantly, the American people deserve to know the truth: Did government greed and bureaucratic hubris lead to a wholesale sellout of our national security?

Is the Penguin Contaminated?

Sonia Arrison | 26 May 2003
Since open-source products can be modified by anyone, how does the community make sure that their products don't contain, by accident or purpose, someone else's intellectual property?

The Legitimacy of Intellectual Property

Sonia Arrison | 20 November 2002
The spirit of copyright and patent laws means to reward labor rather than simply promote the useful arts. For example, one can hold a patent without ever using it and register a literary work for copy protection without ever publishing it. This suggests that there is an underlying understanding that IP is rewarded because it should be, not simply to make sure that there is more of it around for the public good.

Would-Be Intellectual Vandals Get Their Day in the Supreme Court

Amy Peikoff | 9 October 2002
Those who are spearheading the current legal challenge to the copyright law favor intellectual cannibalism masquerading as creativity and free speech.

Property Rights Are The Answer

Walter Williams | 2 January 2002
In a free society, the question of who may harm whom in what ways is decided through private property rights.

Music "Sharing" and Music Piracy: End Intellectual Theft

Ben Gutierrez | 29 December 2001
The difference between stealing a CD from a music store and copying digital information that is copyrighted is a matter of degree. Both acts are acts of theft.

Napster is About Freeloading, not Freedom

Michelle Malkin | 3 December 2000
Napster has as much communal spirit as a shoplifters' convention.

Pirates of the Internet

Andrew West | 30 June 2000
Piracy is theft. Stealing is wrong whether it takes place on the high seas, in your local Wal-Mart, or over on the Internet.
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