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1、JournalofLibertarianStudiesVolume15,no.2(Spring2001):1–53ó2001LudwigvonMisesInstitutewww.mises.orgAGAINSTINTELLECTUALPROPERTY*N.StephanKinsellaPROPERTYRIGHTS:TANGIBLEANDINTANGIBLEAlllibertariansfavorpropertyrights,andagreethatpropertyrightsincluderightsintangibleresources.Theseresou
2、rcesincludeimmovables(realty)suchaslandandhouses,andmovablessuch1aschairs,clubs,cars,andclocks.Further,alllibertarianssupportrightsinone’sownbody.Suchrightsmaybecalled“self-ownership”aslongasonekeepsinmindthatthereisdisputeaboutwhethersuchbody-ownershipisalienableinthesamewaythatrig
3、htsinhomesteadable,externalobjectsare*GeneralCounselandVicePresidentforIntellectualPropertywithAppliedOptoelectronics,Inc.,inSugarLand,Texas,andBookReviewEditorofTheJournalofLibertarianStudies.TheauthorthanksWendyMcElroyandGeneCallahanforhelpfulcommentsonanearlierdraft.Theviewsexpre
4、ssedhereinarethoseoftheauthoralone,andshouldnotbeattributedtoanyotherpersonorentity.AnearlierversionofthisarticlewaspresentedattheAustrianScholarsConference,Auburn,Alabama,March25,2000.AcondensedversionofsomeoftheargumentsinthisarticlemaybefoundinN.StephanKinsella,“InDefenseofNapste
5、randAgainsttheSecondHomesteadingRule,”http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/kinsella2.html,September4,2000.Contacttheauthoratkinsella@swbell.net.1Termslike“realty,”“personalty,”and“tangible”arecommon-lawterms;analogouscivil-lawtermsare“immovables,”“movables,”and“corporeals,”respectively.S
6、eeN.StephanKinsella,“ACivilLawtoCommonLawDictionary,”LouisianaLawReview54(1994),pp.1265–305forfurtherdifferencesbetweencivil-lawandcommon-lawterminology.Theterm“things”isabroadcivil-lawconceptthatreferstoalltypesofitems,whethercorporealorincorporeal,movableorimmovable.1JournalofLibe
7、rtarianStudies2alienable.Inanyevent,libertariansuniversallyholdthatalltangiblescarceresources—whetherhomesteadableorcreated,immovableormovable,orourverybodies—aresubjecttorightfulcontrol,or“ownership,”byspecifiedindividuals.Aswemoveawayfromthetangible(corporeal)towardtheintangible,m
8、attersbecomefuzzier