%0 Journal Article
%T Contra Copyright, Again
%A Wendy McElroy
%J Libertarian Papers
%D 2011
%I Ludwig von Mises Institute
%X This revised version of the author¡¯s 1985 article ¡°Contra Copyright¡± includes a new, introductory section explaining the background of the author¡¯s path to copyright abolitionism. The main article surveys various libertarian debates on this issue, including the anti-intellectual property (IP) views of Benjamin Tucker and the pro-IP views of Lysander Spooner. McElroy argues that the issue of copyright hinges on the question: can ideas be property? Because only scarce goods can be property, and ideas are not scarce, copyright must be rejected as unjustified.
%K libertarianism
%K copyright
%U http://libertarianpapers.org/2011/12-mcelroy-contra-copyright-again/