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Walter Block's avatar

these universities are intellectual cesspools

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libertarians do not believe in price control. no. that is not cultural appropriation. rather, that is intellectual property theft. here are some readings on this:

Boldrin and Levine, 2008; Block, 2014, 2020; De Wachter, 2013; Kinsella, 2001, 2008, 2012; Long, 1995; Menell, 2007A, 2007B; Mukherjee and Block, 2012; Navabi, 2015; Palmer, 1989.

Boldrin, Michele and David K. Levine. 2008. Against Intellectual Monopoly. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm; http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/against.htm; http://mises.org/store/Against-Intellectual-Monopoly-P552.aspx

Block, Walter E. 2014. “Part 8, Block versus Wenzel on Intellectual Property.” October 9; http://www.targetliberty.com/2014/10/part-8-block-versus-wenzel-on.html#more

Block, Walter E. 2020. “The US is targeting China for intellectual property theft, but is the fight really worth it?” January 16;

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3046129/us-targeting-china-intellectual-property-theft-fight-really-worth

De Wachter, Joren. 2013. “IP is a thought crime.” at TEDxLeuven. June 6;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E5BOBs3Nmbw

Kinsella, N. Stephan. 2001. “Against Intellectual Property,” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, Winter, pp. 1-53; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf

Kinsella, N. Stephan. 2008. Against Intellectual Property. Auburn, AL: The Mises Institute.

https://mises.org/library/against-intellectual-property-0

Kinsella, N. Stephan. 2012. “Economic Freedom of the World Rankings and Intellectual Property: The United States’ Bad Ranking is Even Worse Than Reported.” http://c4sif.org/2012/09/economic-freedom-of-the-world-indexes-and-intellectual-property-the-united-states-bad-ranking-is-even-worse-than-reported/

Long, Roderick. 1995. “The Libertarian Case Against Intellectual Property Rights.” Formulations. Vol. 3, No. 1, Autumn; http://freenation.org/a/f31l1.html

Menell, Peter S. 2007A. “Intellectual Property and the Property Rights Movement.” Regulation, Fall, Vol. 30, Iss. 3, pp. 36-42; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1000061

Menell, Peter S. 2007B. “The Property Rights Movement’s Embrace of Intellectual Property: True Love or Doomed Relationship?” Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 2, Symposium: Litigating Takings, pp. 713-754; https://www.jstor.org/stable/24114639

Mukherjee, Jay and Walter E. Block. 2012. “Libertarians and the Catholic Church on Intellectual Property Laws.” Journal of Political Philosophy Las Torres de Lucca. Issue No. 1, July-December, pp. 59-75;

http://www.lastorresdelucca.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=93:libertarios-y-la-iglesia-católica-en-las-leyes-de-propiedad-intelectual&Itemid=24&lang=en&Itemid=23

Navabi, Ash. 2015. “To Taylor, Love Freedom.” June 23;

https://mises.ca/posts/blog/to-taylor-love-freedom/

Palmer, Tom. 1989. “Intellectual Property: A Non-Posnerian Law and Economics Approach” Hamline Law Review, Spring, Vol 12 No. 2.

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The Blue Desk's avatar

But would you say it’s cultural appropriation when a brand Or company copies from another’s heritage, slaps a high price (unbelievable one that the artisans can’t even dream of ) and sells calling it their design and creation. Without acknowledging the artisans/heritage. Not even accepting that they were the inspiration.

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Daisy Moses Chief Crackpot's avatar

yale fer sure but it wuz hoity toity HaaaVahrd that a good 8-9 years ago BANNED Halloween costumes fer "cultural appropriation"--the irony wuz that the fella that started it--a black student--ended up donnin' an Aladdin costume an' not takin' any heat fer it.... (but no white gals as Potch-in-Tuchas!... tho' methinks they could be Liz Warren but who'd wanna?!)

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David Maren's avatar

I wouldn't classify the consumption of another person's culture as cultural appropriation.

I wouldn't say that an Englishman who eats a curry is appropriating Indian culture, or that a white person who listens to rap is appropriating Black culture. If the White person drops a mixtape, then that would be cultural appropriation.

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