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Document:Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Platform 2016: Difference between revisions
Document:Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Platform 2016 (view source)
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We specifically condemn current government efforts to regulate or ban the use of property in the name of aesthetic values, riskiness, moral standards, cost-benefit estimates, or the promotion or restriction of economic growth. We demand an end to the taxation of privately owned real property, which makes the State the de facto owner of all lands and forces individuals to rent their homes and places of business from the State. | We specifically condemn current government efforts to regulate or ban the use of property in the name of aesthetic values, riskiness, moral standards, cost-benefit estimates, or the promotion or restriction of economic growth. We demand an end to the taxation of privately owned real property, which makes the State the de facto owner of all lands and forces individuals to rent their homes and places of business from the State. | ||
===Intellectual | ===Intellectual Monopoly and File Sharing- TO BE RENUMBERED=== | ||
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The phrase “intellectual property†is a misnomer. What the state calls intellectual property is more accurately referred to as “Intellectual Monopoly†as the state grants a monopoly on the use of an idea or goods and services derived from an idea to a certain limited group. We call for the elimination of the protection of such monopoly thereby freeing the market, encouraging content providers and product developers to improve on existing products thereby bringing more and better choices to the market. | |||
In particularly we call for the end of the prohibition of online file sharing, just as we oppose all victimless crimes. When content is shared it is not stolen as no one looses any property, only a potential loss of some future revenue, which is natural in any open market. | |||
===13. Protection of Privacy=== | ===13. Protection of Privacy=== | ||