About 15 years ago one Russell Madden was angry with my anti-IP article “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism,” so he emailed me a suspiciously similar version, but with “his name” “slapped on” it, titled “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism, by Russell Madden.” His accompanying note said, “SURE. NO SUCH THING AS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY…” So, to be helpful, I published it for him, on my own site.1 After all, maybe the poor fella didn’t have a site or way to publish his intriguing anti-IP article!
Well now, pro-copyright author J.P. Chandler tells me he is also wants to publish a book called Legal Foundations of a Free Society—hey, that’s the same title as mine!
I am preparing to publish my new non-fiction works _Legal Foundations of a Free Society_ and _Against Intellectual Property_. Look for them everywhere.
— J.P. Chandler ~ Writer of What-Ifs (@Chandlej) April 14, 2025
Well I don’t know if he wants to write a new one, or just use mine—after all, I published mine under a CC0 license2 so anyone is free to use it as they like. So to help him out, I published it for him (pdf). You’re welcome.
Followup tweet:
I have CC0 on them so I can’t stop you. Go for it. I’d love for more people to try to persuade people of libertarian ethics, or that IP should be abolished.
See what a stupid smartass tool you are? You really want to publish a book arguing against IP law, as some stunt to show… pic.twitter.com/2vstR2kz5P
— Stephan Kinsella (@NSKinsella) April 14, 2025
- Russell Madden’s “The Death Throes of Pro-IP Libertarianism”; “Oh yeah? How would like it if I copy and publish your book under my name?!”: On IP Hypocrisy and Calling the Smartasses’ Bluffs.” [↩]
- On Leading by Example and the Power of Attraction (Open Source Publishing, Creative Commons, Public Pomain Publishing). [↩]
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