Intellectual Property in the Arts - How to enforce?

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If you are interested in the IP arguments (and Kinsella does tackle many of the comments you bring up in this topic), I would recommend listening/watching the six week course he taught in early 2011 titled “Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics.” Kinsella has posted it for free here:

http://libertarianstandard.com/2011/12/25/kinsellasrethinking-intellectual-property-course-audio-and-slides/

I would also recommend reading his book entitled Against Intellectual Property:

https://www.mises.org/document/3582/Against-Intellectual-Property

If Utilitarian arguments are more your cup of tea, a highly recommended book is Against Intellectual Monopoly by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine:

http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm

Kinsella is constantly writing articles as well. Any IP question you have thought of or ever will think of, Kinsella has probably written an article all about it. But I believe that course, plus those two books would handle most of your IP questions.

I would recommend reading this article (at least the Utilitarian section):

https://mises.org/daily/3682

How would product differentiation work in an IP-less world?