Also copyrighted:
© 2009 by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and published
under the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0.
Ludwig von Mises Institute
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Auburn, Alabama 36832
ISBN: 978-1-933550-04-6
Now, reconcile that with the concept of defensive copyright.
Stranger, I have no idea what you think you are demonstrating? that the Mises Institute are not immune from the ravages of the state and its absurd legal fictions?
And there are states around the world that doesn’t even allow you to claim public domain.
In the sense that it defends you from making copies outside of terms of the license, it is just like any other copyright and is enforcement of intellectual property.
They could easily release it into the public domain if they chose to. They do not. They exercise intellectual property rights.
You are free:
- to Share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to Remix - to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
- Attribution - You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
Beside the fact that LvMI basically give you an open season on copying, distributing, and even modifying it.
But if you do not believe in IP, why would you uphold any of these conditions? Information wants to be free after all, no?
Kinsella said it is hard. http://blog.mises.org/archives/009240.asp
I didn’t ask what Kinsella thinks the legality of copyright implies, I asked whether you believed you had to uphold it. What’s stopping you from republishing these books with your name in the title? According to everyone here, the Mises Institute would not object.
stranger, if you want me to, i’ll email you a pdf i got off of mises.org. will that do it?
i’ll edit it to say ‘distributed by Nir Graham’ …
That would be fraud, the same as me selling you pyrite and claiming it’s gold.
A strawman.
We’re talking about copying, modifying, and distribution, not fraud through misrepresenting that you’re the author of this book.
That is not yet a violation of the copyright license. Why are you unwilling to violate the license? According to you, it is null and void.
what are you challenging me to do? lie?
No, I am challenging you to steal. Which you claim is not wrong and the Mises Institute will not punish, yet are unwilling to commit. Your actions speak louder than your claims.
Nobody can “steal” if the dude given permission.
Steal what? Take one of the books, scan them, and put them up on a different website for free and see if Mises.org cares? What am I stealing?
its impossible for me to steal intangibles. i could not do it if i wanted to.
p.s. i download films and music all the time just as i download books from mises.org