...d iconoclastic cultural ferment in which independent artists, musicians, and writers can take their unique visions, histories, poems, or songs to the ... ...It is important to note, though, that the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century writers I have quoted were not against intellectual property. All of them... ... is not against using a lengthened copyright term to give an extra reward to writers, even if this would dramatically raise the price of books. What h... ...t in itself but harmful in its consequences: a cause of economic inequality, crime, and social dislocation. In a wonderfully bizarre passage he argues... ...closure. Enclosure disrupts the life of the poor farmer. Disruption leads to crime and violence. Writing 400 years later, Karl Polanyi echoes More pre... ...e rights, increase the penalties, and make noncommer- cial illicit copying a crime. We must move outside the traditional realm of copyright altogether...