Brian Martin suggests the following strategies to rebel against IP:
1) Change thinking. "The way that an issue is framed makes an enormous difference to the legitimacy of different positions. Once intellectual property is undermined in the minds of many citizens, it will become far easier to topple its institutional supports."
2) Expose the costs. "It can cost a lot to set up and operate a system of intellectual property. And once the figures are available and understood, this will aid in reducing the legitimacy of the world intellectual property system."
3) Reproduce protected works. "By trying to hide the copying and avoiding penalties, the copiers appear to accept the legitimacy of the system."
4) Openly refuse to cooperate with IP. "Once mass civil disobedience to intellectual property laws occurs, it will be impossible to stop."
5) Promote non-owned information. "Until copyright is eliminated or obsolete, innovations such as copyleft are necessary to avoid exploitation of those who want to make their work available to others."
6) Develop principles to deal with credit for intellectual work. "The less there is to gain from credit for ideas, the more likely people are to share ideas rather than worry about who deserves credit for them."
All of the above principles seem a little bit radical on black and white, but a large portion of people already acts according to these principles. Perhaps one of the more radical suggestions includes the notion to openly refuse IP. And it may also be a bit hard to expose the costs, but all the other principles seem sane enough to work if given the chance and time.
The fact that people are already adapting to these new practices regarding IP, shows that the consumers dictate the intellectual poperty development mechanisms.
The following videoclip has Stephan Kinsella talking about IP and libertarianism:
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