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Archives
- Intellectual Property and Innovation Video Library by V for Voluntary: Niels L.
Articles and Essays
- Advancement Through License Simplicity by Chad Perrin
- Against Owning Information by Niels L.
- Ahimsa: Sita Sings the Blues now CC-0 "Public Domain"
- BSD/Copyfree vs. Corporate Copyleft by Chad Perrin
- Chomsky on "Intellectual Property" on alt.fan.noam-chomsky
- Choose the Right Licensing Model for Security Software by Chad Perrin
- Code Reuse and Technological Advancement by Chad Perrin
- Copyfree vs. Copyleft at WikiVS
- Copywrongs by Samuel Edward Konkin III
- Do Patents And Copyrights Undermine Private Property? by Ilana Mercer
- Does GPL Hurt Free Software? by Martin Sústrik
- The Economic Case Against the GPL by Eric S. Raymond
- How Things Would Work In A Copyright Free Universe by Ilana Mercer
- The Issue of Copyright by Curt Howland
- Legal Considerations When Using Free Software in IT Consulting Projects by Sterling Camden
- RANTIFESTO by Nina Paley
- Software Licenses by the Public Software Group
- The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World by Karl Fogel
- What Is Free Culture? by Karl Fogel
- What Is Free Software? by Karl Fogel
- Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project
Books
- Against Intellectual Monopoly by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine
- Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella
- Information Feudalism by Peter Drahos with John Braithwaite
- Intellectual Privilege: A Libertarian View of Copyright by Tom Bell
Other
- The Great Debate on Intellectual Property (Cato Policy Report XXIVn1) [PDF] by Tom Bell and James V. DeLong
- Why Copyfree
- Why Piracy is Good and Copyright Sucks: An Excerpt From "Sell Your Own Damn Movie!" by Lloyd Kaufman