Professor and Academic Advisory Council member Mark Schultz reacts to the argument in Sins of Omission that property rights are crucial to human liberty::

Nice post on IP and its importance to liberty. I'll be talking about that topic at the Federalist Society event next month. My basic point, which echoes yours, is that property rights, whether tangible or intangible, support liberty by fostering independence, among other things. People draw the line from property rights to autonomy more easily with respect to copyright--it enables artists, writers, and journalists to make a living without relying on patrons or the government. People don't see the connection so clearly with respect to patents, but I think its just as important. Patents enable innovators to set their own research agendas and give them the means and clout to withstand pressure from competitors who want to use government to preserve the status quo.