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Books and Book Chapters

"Copyright and Patent," Chapter 38, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

What's Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism, by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (April 2003)

"Intellectual Property," Chapter 40, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 5th Edition (2003).

Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information Age, edited by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (July 2002)

"Index of Patent Rights," by Walter G. Park and Smita Wagh, Chapter 2, Economic Freedom of the World: 2002 Annual Report.

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Cato Studies

"Toward Property Rights in Spectrum: The Difficult Policy Choices Ahead," by Dale Hatfield and Phil Weiser, Policy Analysis no. 575, August 17, 2006

"Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," by Timothy B. Lee, Policy Analysis no. 564, March 21, 2006

"Compulsory Licensing vs. the Three "Golden Oldies": Property Rights, Contracts, and Markets," by Robert P. Merges, Policy Analysis no. 508, January 15, 2004

"Policing Pirates in the Networked Age," by Stan Liebowitz, Policy Analysis no. 438, May 15, 2002

"The Case for Public Access to Federally Funded Research Data," by Michael Gough and Steven Milloy, Policy Analysis no. 366, February 2, 2000

Articles and Newsletters

"U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: FAIL," by Jim Harper, TechKnowledge no. 122, February 9, 2009.

"The Myth of Copyright Inefficiency," by Stan J. Liebowitz, Regulation, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring 2009.

"Of Patents and Property," by James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer, Regulation, vol. 31, no. 4, Winter 2008-2009.

"A Final Response to Menell," by Richard A. Epstein, Regulation, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring 2008.

"Intellectual Property and the Law of Land -- A Reply to Richard Epstein," by Peter S. Menell, Regulation, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter 2007-2008.

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Opinion and Commentary

"The Day the Music Dies," by Timothy B. Lee, Reason, July 21, 2008

"Don't Stop Google," by Timothy B. Lee, Cato.org, July 23, 2005

"Patently Absurd," by Adam D. Thierer, Apple Daily, December 29, 2004

"On Drawing Lines in Copyright Law," by Adam D. Thierer, Cato.org, June 17, 2004

"Everybody Wants to Rule the Web," by Adam D. Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, December 17, 2003

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Events

"Against Intellectual Monopoly," November 10, 2008 [Book Forum]

"The Crime of Reason and the Closing of the Scientific Mind," October 10, 2008 [Book Forum]

"Copyright Controversies: Freedom, Property, Content Creation, and the DMCA ," April 26, 2006 [Conference]

"Copy Fights: Can Politicians or Entrepreneurs Best Protect Intellectual Property?," September 19, 2002 [Policy Forum]

"The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information Age ," November 14, 2001 [Conference]

Multimedia

"Troubling Copyright Law Turns Ten" featuring Timothy B. Lee, October 24, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:49]

"Intellectual Property Versus Reason" featuring Robert B. Laughlin, October 20, 2008 [Flash Audio, 16:11]

"Filesharing, Fair Use and Commerce" featuring Timothy B. Lee, June 11, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:11]

"Patents in the Abstract" featuring Timothy B. Lee, May 7, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:23]

"Trade Dispute Chafes China" featuring Daniel J. Ikenson, April 11, 2007 [Flash Audio, 10:34]