A free market perspective on intellectual property rights

[Commentary] Does intellectual property law conflict with free market principles? Most free market advocates, being fans of property rights, probably don’t think so. In recent years, however, a group of dissenters has been getting an increasing amount of notice and press. Intellectual property supports personal and economic freedom.

[Schultz is Senior Scholar and Co-Director of Academic Programs at George Mason University School of Law's Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property]