Kinsella On Liberty

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 255. I appeared recently on Peter Mac's show for the first time in several years. We talked about a variety of topics: education, law school, anarchy, careers, libertarian activism, and so on. This is Part 1 of 3. Related: Past, Present and Future: Survival Stories of Lawyers New Publisher, Co-Editor for my Legal Treatise, and how I got started with legal publishing Previous appearances on Peter's show: KOL 027 | The Peter Mac Show (2009, discussing IP) KOL057 | Guest on The Peter Mac Show: “Capitalism,” Anarchy, IP and other topics (2010) KOL128 | “The Peter Mac Show,” discussing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (2012)

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 254. From TomWoods Ep. 1304 How I Got into Harvard. I interviewed Tom about this and related questions since my 15 year old son is nearing college age and I was curious. Transcript below. From Tom's shownotes: Stephan Kinsella, the libertarian theorist and author of Against Intellectual Property, asked me the other day about my college admission experience. We are each the parent of a tenth grader, so the topic of college comes up in our households. I didn’t think I had much interesting to say about it, but we decided he would in effect host this episode and ask me questions. The resulting conversation turned out to be great! Read the original article at TomWoods.com. http://tomwoods.com/ep-1304-how-i-got-into-harvard/ https://youtu.be/YyQS0x7AOOM?si=YLNB6F6KAcvDJosi   Transcript   0:00 the Tom would show episode 1304 prepared a set fire to the index card of 0:06 allowable opinion your daily dose of Liberty education starts here the Tom 0:11 woods show hail you homeschooling parents out there you may be thinking to 0:17 yourselves well it's too far into the school year for me to change homeschooling programs now so we'll just 0:24 have to slog through it if that's how you feel go ahead and Chuck that labor-intensive 0:29 homeschool program you've got and join the self-taught Ron Paul curriculum through my link where you get a hundred 0:36 sixty dollars worth of free bonuses check it out at Ron Paul homeschool calm 0:41 everybody Tom was here with Stephan Kinsella you know Stephan as the author Who is Stephan Kinsella 0:47 of against intellectual property which is an extremely challenging book it's 0:53 the kind of book whose thesis you almost don't want to accept when you first start reading it and then by the end of 0:58 it you want to take that book and bash people over the head who don't accept it so it's very very well done interesting 1:04 he's also the author of the forthcoming as in early 2009 international 1:09 investment political risk and dispute resolution a practitioners guide published by Oxford and you can find him 1:16 I pretty sure at Stephan Kinsella comm am i right Stefan that's all correct 1:22 okay all right well I'm gonna blame you for this episode if it turns out badly and maybe take the credit if it turns 1:29 out well but it was Stefan's idea the other day we were on facebook Messenger it's but we have decent we'll go like a 1:36 week no conversation to three weeks and then it'll be this incredible flurry of back and forth messages on all kinds of 1:43 things we're having one of those the other day and you have a son who you tell me is in the I know you have a son 1:48 of course but I didn't know what grade he was in the tenth grade and so it's in fact I have a daughter who's in the tenth grade and so you think about 1:55 college and I know we got people who say you shouldn't go to college I get that but it's it's you know it's for some 2:02 people it's the wise thing to do and you got to do it on a case-by-case basis but you're in that mode you're thinking once 2:08 again just as you were when you were kid about college and college application 2:13 in the process and so you thought it would be interesting to talk to me about my own experience and I insisted this 2:18 would not be interesting in any way and then you persuaded me more or less that 2:24 there may be people who would find this interesting and so I mean look if I've 2:29 done episodes on my stupid musical tastes then probably we can do an episode on this so I thought in this 2:35 episode I might kind of in a way turn the hosts mic over to you in a way yeah 2:40 to let you kind of guide the conversation and ask me things that you think I might be able to help with yeah The college process 2:45 and I'm a lot of Tom woods completest so I wasn't sure if you'd talk about this before that's why I was sort of asking you but yeah I'm in that mode where you 2:53 know tenth grader everyone's all my friends were thinking about college and yeah most people I know their kids are 3:00 going to college and you know I haven't let my son know that not going to college is an option okay so he's going to go right he's one of these thanks but 3:08 only for also for my own interest I've always been you know I went to a big state school and so a lot of us you 3:14 might not know it we have Ivy League Envy right you know we kind of are we're mystified by the the people to get to go 3:20 to those kind of schools right and especially now that my kids getting to 3:26 this point you know we want better things for our kids and to go to LSU or something like that not to bash LSU but 3:33 and these days given the phd glut yeah almost any school is gonna have a really 3:38 top-flight faculty well and I'm sure you're noticing to the college process now is apparently totally different than 3:45 we were when we were young or at least southerners when we were young I mean it was you're raised near a big state 3:51 school you apply there and you go it's really simple and it was pretty cheap and you did fine so you didn't have the 3:57 the issue of like oh maybe I'll go cross-country or maybe I'll go here or what scholarship process like and how do 4:02 I maximize my AC T scores or SAT scores and by the way has it ever annoyed you 4:07 that people say in especially some Yankees say SATs with a plural like I 4:12 took my SATs instead oh yeah I think I probably say that but I I get why that's 4:18 annoying yeah I mean it's it's it's not quite as bad as ATM machine no she makes 4:24 me want to commit an atrocity yeah I'm standing on line instead of in line but okay your thing - yeah I know I know 4:32 I don't know why they say that and anyway so you know it just so you went How I got into Harvard 4:37 to Harvard and the whole process just I'm always impressed by someone who was able to somehow do that especially and 4:43 so I was just curious how the hell did you do it because you know if you have a kid like all my friends kids we're all 4:49 we assume that Gale and Harvard these things are sort of how to reach or that it's really political now it's extremely 4:56 competitive you know you hear stories about some of the better schools even if you make a perfect SAT you're not 5:01 guaranteed to get it right so you know I don't know what it was like or and just 5:07 what the whole experience was like and by the way you and I both spoke at Yale in the last year so which was right for 5:12 me it was a pleasure because I can't turn down a chance to speak at a place that wouldn't have allowed me and as an undergrad all right let's dive it now 5:25 first of all I did notice it's not the same topic but it's a related topic that all the way back in episode 239 I have 5:32 an episode called how Tom navigated academia right and and so that was more once I got in right how did I fit in and 5:40 stuff like that that's kind of a different thing but I'll link to that on this show notes page as a related thing so how did I do well the thing is I'm 5:47 I'm not entirely sure so let's just walk through we'll talk about what I did and apparently it turned out to be enough I 5:54 will say that I went for a campus interview you have to do at least one 5:59 interview you have to have at least the alumni interview and if you happen to live within reasonable distance of 6:05 Cambridge you can also do an on-campus interview that was the way they did it in my day anyway so I lived 45 minutes 6:11 away from campus so I did both interviews even they what they wouldn't let you do an on-campus interview if you 6:16 didn't live close oh you could they just didn't want to disadvantage you like well if you don't do one here than 6:21 Bennet I just I figured I might as well I thought I made a pretty good impression of people so I might as well do it twice so I went in for that 6:28 interview but what I remember about it is we had somebody in my high school who was a year before me who had just 6:35 everything could ask for scholar athlete he had every credential you could ask for and he was rich ejected from Harvard and so I brought 6:42 that up and I just to say I had a little apprehension because I couldn't understand how this guy right would not 6:48 have gotten in and they asked the the woman Niner that maybe this was the alumni owner but I don't report it was 6:54 in Cambridge in fact I bet my life on it actually nothing about and it was the answer that came back was we basically 7:01 frankly said that he was a white man and she said we I'm not kidding you we probably already had enough of those 7:07 right when I was right right well just flat out well let me back up a second though so you came from sort of like High School 7:14 blue-collar family or lower family and so you didn't have any legacies or or so 7:21 so we were oh did you go to leave high school or just a regular high school or how does the public public high school 7:26 okay and so I assume you had good grade yeah I was the valedictorian okay so we 7:32 had okay so that's one explanation I guess between Don elector Ian straight A's helps but like so you knew you 7:37 wanted to go to college when you were in high school yeah definitely and did you think I can go anywhere in the country 7:43

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 253. I spoke today on “A Libertarian’s Case Against Intellectual Property,” at the Federalist Society, University of Berkeley-California. It was well-organized and there was a perceptive and interesting critical commentary by Professor Talha Syed. This is the audio I recorded on my iPhone; video below; line-mic'd audio here. The youtube version (audio here) and the line-mic'd version both truncate about 30 seconds too early. My own iphone version (which is used for this podcast) includes those extra comments, and this is included in the transcript as well, below. Grok shownotes: In this 2018 lecture hosted by the Berkeley Federalist Society, libertarian patent attorney Stephan Kinsella presents a compelling case against intellectual property (IP) rights, specifically patents and copyrights, arguing they contradict libertarian principles and free-market dynamics (0:00-4:59). Kinsella begins by outlining the libertarian framework of property rights, rooted in the Austrian School’s emphasis on scarcity, explaining that only physical, rivalrous resources warrant ownership, while ideas, being non-scarce, should remain free to use (5:00-14:59). He critiques the utilitarian justification for IP, asserting that patents and copyrights create artificial monopolies, stifle competition, and redistribute property rights from original owners to state-favored entities, using examples like baking a cake to illustrate how knowledge guides action without needing ownership (15:00-24:59). Kinsella’s argument centers on the free market’s reliance on emulation and learning, which IP laws hinder by imposing artificial scarcity on information. Kinsella further dismantles IP by examining its historical origins in state-granted monopolies, such as the Statute of Monopolies (1623) and Statute of Anne (1710), which were rooted in privilege and censorship rather than market principles (25:00-34:59). He highlights practical flaws, such as patents encouraging litigation and inhibiting innovation, and refutes the “creation argument” that creators inherently own their ideas, using a marble statue example to show creation transforms owned resources, not ideas (35:00-44:59). In the Q&A, Kinsella addresses audience questions on trade secrets, open-source models, and IP’s impact on innovation, reinforcing that a free market without IP would foster greater creativity and prosperity (45:00-1:01:11). He concludes by urging libertarians to reject IP as a statist intervention, advocating for a world where knowledge flows freely to drive progress (1:01:12-1:01:36). This lecture is a thorough and accessible critique of IP from a libertarian perspective. Transcript below as well as Grok Summary. My speaking notes pasted below as well. Youtube: https://youtu.be/EWM39RyMNaM   GROK SUMMARY Bullet-Point Summary for Show Notes with Time Markers and Block Summaries Overview Stephan Kinsella’s 2018 Berkeley Federalist Society lecture articulates the libertarian case against intellectual property (IP), arguing that patents and copyrights violate property rights and free-market principles by imposing artificial scarcity on non-scarce ideas. Drawing on Austrian economics and libertarian theory, Kinsella critiques IP’s theoretical, historical, and practical flaws, advocating for its abolition to foster innovation and competition. The 61-minute lecture, followed by a Q&A, uses examples and analogies to make the case accessible. Below is a summary with bullet points for key themes and detailed descriptions for each 5-15 minute block. Key Themes with Time Markers Introduction and Libertarian Framework (0:00-4:59): Kinsella introduces himself as a libertarian patent attorney and outlines the lecture’s focus on IP’s incompatibility with libertarianism. Property Rights and Scarcity (5:00-14:59): Explains that property rights apply to scarce, physical resources, not ideas, using Austrian economics to frame human action and knowledge. Critique of IP’s Utilitarian Basis (15:00-24:59): Argues that IP creates monopolies, restricts competition, and fails to promote innovation, using examples like cake recipes. Historical Roots of IP (25:00-34:59): Traces patents and copyrights to state monopolies and censorship, highlighting their anti-market origins. Refuting the Creation Argument (35:00-44:59): Rejects the idea that creation grants ownership of ideas, showing IP redistributes property rights. Practical Flaws and Alternatives (45:00-54:59): Discusses IP’s inefficiencies, like litigation, and alternatives like open-source models in the Q&A. Q&A and Conclusion (55:00-1:01:36): Addresses further questions on IP’s impact and concludes by urging libertarians to reject IP for a free market of ideas. Block-by-Block Summaries 0:00-5:00 (Introduction and Context) Description: Kinsella is introduced by the Berkeley Federalist Society as a libertarian patent attorney and scholar (0:00-2:30). He thanks the hosts, notes his anti-IP stance despite his profession, and outlines the lecture’s goal: to present the libertarian case against IP, promising a Q&A (2:31-4:59). Summary: This block sets the stage, establishing Kinsella’s credentials and the lecture’s focus on challenging IP from a libertarian perspective. 5:01-10:00 (Libertarian Property Rights) Description: Kinsella introduces libertarian property rights, drawing on Mises and Rothbard, emphasizing that only scarce, rivalrous resources (e.g., a hammer) require ownership to avoid conflict (5:01-7:45). He contrasts this with ideas, which are non-scarce and can be shared without loss, using the example of a recipe (7:46-10:00). Summary: The theoretical foundation is laid, distinguishing scarce physical resources from non-scarce ideas to argue that IP is unnatural in a libertarian framework. 10:01-15:00 (Human Action and Knowledge) Description: Kinsella uses Mises’ praxeology to explain human action, where individuals use scarce means to achieve ends, guided by knowledge (10:01-12:30). He illustrates with baking a cake, showing that knowledge (e.g., a recipe) informs action but isn’t a scarce resource requiring ownership (12:31-14:59). IP, he argues, restricts this process. Summary: This block clarifies knowledge’s role in guiding action, emphasizing that IP’s restrictions on ideas contradict the free market’s reliance on learning and emulation. 15:01-20:00 (Critique of IP’s Utilitarian Justification) Description: Kinsella critiques the utilitarian argument that IP incentivizes innovation by granting monopolies (15:01-17:20). He argues that patents and copyrights create artificial scarcity, raise costs, and limit competition, citing examples like software patents stifling developers (17:21-20:00). Summary: The core justification for IP is challenged, showing how it harms competition and innovation, setting up the broader case against patents and copyrights. 20:01-25:00 (IP as Property Rights Redistribution) Description: Kinsella argues that IP redistributes property rights from original owners to IP holders, using a cake recipe example to show how copyright prevents others from using their own ingredients (20:01-22:45). He compares IP to welfare rights, both requiring state intervention to enforce (22:46-25:00). Summary: This block frames IP as a state-imposed redistribution, undermining libertarian property rights and restricting individual freedom to use owned resources. 25:01-30:00 (Historical Origins of IP) Description: Kinsella traces patents to the 1623 Statute of Monopolies and copyrights to the 1710 Statute of Anne, arguing they originated as state-granted privileges and censorship tools, not market mechanisms (25:01-28:00). He cites early patents to pirates like Francis Drake to highlight their monopolistic roots (28:01-30:00). Summary: The statist history of IP is exposed, showing patents and copyrights as anti-market interventions, reinforcing their incompatibility with libertarianism. 30:01-35:00 (Practical Harms of IP) Description: Kinsella discusses IP’s practical flaws, including high litigation costs, patent trolling, and redundant research, which divert resources from innovation (30:01-33:00). He argues that industries like fashion thrive without IP, driven by competition and emulation (33:01-35:00). Summary: This block highlights IP’s inefficiencies, contrasting its harms with the free market’s ability to innovate without artificial restrictions. 35:01-40:00 (Refuting the Creation Argument) Description: Kinsella challenges the “creation argument” that creators own their ideas, using a marble statue example where a trespasser’s carving doesn’t grant ownership (35:01-38:00). He argues that creation transforms owned resources, not ideas, and IP wrongly grants monopolies over patterns (38:01-40:00). Summary: The creation argument is debunked, showing IP as a misapplication of property rights that restricts others’ use of their own resources. 40:01-45:00 (IP’s Impact on Innovation) Description: Kinsella argues that IP inhibits innovation by creating barriers to entry and punishing emulation, citing open-source software as a successful patent-free model (40:01-43:00). He notes that patents often protect trivial inventions, clogging the system (43:01-45:00). Summary: This block emphasizes IP’s stifling effect on innovation, highlighting alternatives that thrive without IP, strengthening the case for abolition. 45:01-50:00 (Q&A: Trade Secrets and Alternatives) Description: In the Q&A, Kinsella addresses trade secrets, explaining they don’t restrict others’ use of ideas, ridiculously long sentence about intellectual property (45:01-47:30). He discusses first-mover advantages and market incentives as alternatives to IP, arguing innovation persists without patents (47:31-50:00). Summary: The Q&A explores non-IP mechanisms,

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 252. This is my appearance on the Death to Tyrants Podcast, Episode 33: Human Rights, Property Rights and Copyrights with Stephan Kinsella (Facebook post), released Oct. 1, 2018, with host Buck Johnson. From the Shownotes: One of my favorite interviews to date. We get into rights, property, self ownership and the philosophy behind these things. We then move into "intellectual property" and the case against copyright and patents. *** This week I feature my interview with the brilliant Stephan Kinsella. We discuss the nature of rights as libertarians view them. We get into property rights, human rights, self  ownership and why there is really no such thing as intellectual property. Stephan makes a strong case against copyrights and patents. Stephan's body of work can be found here: https://stephankinsella.com and here: http://c4sif.org Find us online at www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast  Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 251. This is my appearance on Creative Juice, by Indepreneur, Episode66: EP66: The Shocking Case For Abolishing Copyright Laws w/ Patent Attorney Stephan Kinsella, Sep 28, 2018, with host Kyle Lemaire. We talked about a variety of matters, from the nature of property rights, Rothbard's view that all human rights are property rights, Locke's labor theory of property and the Marxian labor theory of value, the history and general nature of IP rights and why IP rights are incompatible with other property rights. This was a very fast-talking, dense episode with a lot of lecturing and talking from my end, but I think we covered a lot of ground, from the foundations of law and property rights to IP law. Their shownotes: Since its beginning, the music industry has been under heavy government regulation: copyright laws control much of the economy of the music business. Today, there are many voices on the frontline arguing for the abolishment of all intellectual property, including copyright laws... Stephan Kinsella is a Patent Attorney and advocate for IP Abolishment. On this episode of Creative Juice, Circa sits down with Stephan to discuss the little-known argument against intellectual property and how it may actually be harming independent artists and creatives. "This is one of my favorite episodes of Creative Juice to date - I highly advise that you learn about this topic and take part in the discussion surrounding these laws. I believe this is one of the most important things to examine in our industry!" - Kyle "Circa" Lemaire

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 250. Related: International Law, Libertarian Principles, and the Russia-Ukraine War Using International Law to Protect Property Rights and International Investment Rubins, Papanastasiou, Kinsella, International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution, 2d ed. (Oxford University Press, 2020) This is the audio of my presentation to the 2018 PFS meeting on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. Powerpoint slides embedded below. Youtube embedded below. Also podcast at PFP195. Related material: see material linked in the above slides, including: Kinsella, On the UN, the Birchers, and International Law International Law, Libertarian Principles, and the Russia-Ukraine War Rubins, Papanastasiou & Kinsella’s International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide, Second Edition (Oxford, 2020) KOL001 | “The (State’s) Corruption of (Private) Law” (PFS 2012) International Law MOOC (Youtube) Sovereignty, International Law, and the Triumph of Anglo-American Cunning | Joseph R. Stromberg Rosalyn Higgins, Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It (Clarendon, 1994) Mark Janis, International Law (7th Ed. 2018) Restatement (Third) of the Law, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States (1987), HeinOnline, Westlaw (not online) American Society of International Law (ASIL), Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) https://www.asil.org/resources/electronic-resource-guide-erg and http://www.eisil.org/ M.N. Shaw, International Law (7th Ed. 2017) Ian Brownlie (Crawford), Principles of Public International Law (1966) (8th ed., 2012) See also Neocons Hate International Law The UN, International Law, and Nuclear Weapons Nukes and International Law Update: In response to the simpleminded but common comment and legal positivistic sentiment that international law is not real or that international law does not exist, because there is no sovereign state and enforceable legislation, see, inter alia, Anthony D'Amato, "What 'Counts' as Law?," in Law-Making in the Global Communkty, Nicholas G. Onuf, ed. (1982), Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 11-02, and many other treatises and papers. Also Is international law real? Professor José Alvarez weighs in ("almost all 0:18 states comply with almost all international law almost all the time. 0:22 Most people focused on the almost, but the fact is that they do comply it's 0:28 just not front page news when they do"); International Law Explained | Kal Raustiala | Big Think; Philip Allott - The True Nature of International Law. See my International Law, Libertarian Principles, and the Russia-Ukraine War; see also Murray Rothbard, "Just War," in John Denson, ed., The Costs of War: Much of "classical international law" theory, developed by the Catholic Scholastics, notably the 16th-century Spanish Scholastics such as Vitoria and Suarez, and then the Dutch Protestant Scholastic Grotius and by 18th- and 19th-century jurists, was an explanation of the criteria for a just war. For war, as a grave act of killing, needs to be justified. ... Classical international law ... should be brought back as quickly as possible.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 249. My appearance on Max Hillebrand's World Crypto Network show yesterday. Other notes: See other links at KOL191 | The Economy with Albert Lu: Can You Own Bitcoin? (1/3) My facebook post discussing ownership of Bitcoin Tom Bell: Copyright Erodes Property? Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity, According to U.S. Regulator sd

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 248. TEMP: http://traffic.libsyn.com/livera/SLP15_-_Stephan_Kinsella.mp3 From my recent appearance on Stephan Livera's bitcoin-focused podcast. SLP15 – Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella Stephan Kinsella, Intellectual Property lawyer, and libertarian advocate joins me in this episode to discuss: His story with bitcoin Money as Sui Generis Good The imprecise application of Lockean property theory Why you can’t own bitcoin, but it probably doesn’t make a big difference anyway The harmful effects of patents and copyright ‘Internet Censorship’ as it relates to property rights and ownership of private social media platforms Stephan Kinsella links: Twitter: @nskinsella Stephan’s website: StephanKinsella.com Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom Stephan Kinsella’s podcast, Kinsella on Liberty Podcast links: Libsyn SLP15 Apple Stitcher Spotify I really enjoyed this conversation with Stephan Kinsella, and I hope you enjoy listening to it. If you get value out of this episode, please remember to share it on your social media as that really helps expand my reach. Thanks guys.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 247. On a recent episode [July 29, 2018] of Free Talk Live, Ian and Mark discuss their disagreement over Mark's filing a DMCA (copyright) takedown of a critical YouTube video. I called in to discuss this issue and intellectual property with Mark for the July 31 episode. For the full episode, go here. The excerpt with my portion is included here. I've discussed IP and other libertarian issues on FTL before: KOL141 | FreeTalkLive: IP and SOPA (2012) KOL082 | FreeTalkLive Guest Appearance: IP (2011) FreeTalkLive/XM Extreme Talk Appearance re Intellectual Property KOL 033 | Free Talk Live Interview on Reducing IP Costs (2010)

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 246. This is my appearance on the CryptoVoices podcast, Episode 43, interviewed by host Matthew Mežinskis. As indicated in the show notes (below), we discussed a variety of issues related to bitcoin, property rights, and related matters. The hosts also informed me of a recent article they had written regarding the economic classification of crypto tokens: An Economic Definition of Cryptotokens. Shownotes: Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Stephan Kinsella, longtime advocate of private property and personal liberty, and expert on intellectual property law. We discuss broad-ranging issues on Bitcoin and private property. Is Bitcoin really property per se, and does anyone truly own bitcoin(s)? Also, how does the nature of intellectual property (or lack thereof) play into the open-source aspects of Bitcoin? What is Bitcoin? Is Bitcoin a digital good? Stephan shares his knowledge on the history of intellectual thought, personal liberty, and intellectual property to answer some of these questions. We discuss some current topics about the brand of Bitcoin (versus Bitcoin Cash), and if blockchain could(?) ever resolve some of the faults and friction in IP that Stephan has studied for years. Stephan is a well-read intellectual and Bitcoiners would do well to read more of his writings. Links for more info: twitter.com/NSKinsella www.stephankinsella.com/ mises.org/profile/stephan-kinsella mises.org/library/against-intellectual-property-0 mises.org/library/goods-scarce-and-nonscarce cointelegraph.com/news/pro-btc-mov…ng-lack-of-funds Further references: KOL191 | The Economy with Albert Lu: Can You Own Bitcoin? (1/3) KOL233 | Mises UK Podcast: Bitcoin Ownership and the Global Withering of the State for more on whether bitcoin is ownable property, see this Facebook thread KOL085 | The History, Meaning, and Future of Legal Tender KOL086 | RARE Radio interview with Kurt Wallace: The War on Bitcoin KOL 043 | Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast, with Michael Shanklin: Bitcoin, Legal Reform, Morality of Voting, Rothbard on Copyright Tax Plan May Hurt Bitcoin, WSJ Swiss Tax Authorities Confirm that Bitcoin is VAT-free in Switzerland Tokyo court says bitcoins are not ownable FinCEN Rules Commodity-Backed Token Services are Money Transmitters Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity, According to U.S. Regulator; Miami Judge Rules Bitcoin Is Not Money; Dismisses Money Laundering, Transmitting Charges How to handle bitcoin gains on your taxes SEC: US Securities Laws ‘May Apply’ to Token Sales Federal Judge Rules Bitcoin Is Real Money