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Books and Book Chapters

Cornerstone Of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America, by Timothy Sandefur (June 2006).

"Intellectual Property," Chapter 40, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress (2003).

"Property Rights and Regulatory Takings," Chapter 15, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

"Found Money: IOLTA, Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington, and the Taking of Property without the Payment of Compensation," Ronald D. Rotunda, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2002-2003, pp. 245-269.

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

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Cato Studies

"Securing Land Rights for Chinese Farmers: A Leap Forward for Stability and Growth," by Zhu Keliang and Roy Prosterman, Development Policy Analysis no. 3, October 15, 2007

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

"The Birth of the Property Rights Movement," by Steven J. Eagle, Policy Analysis no. 558, December 15, 2005

"Robin Hood in Reverse: The Case against Taking Private Property for Economic Development," by Ilya Somin, Policy Analysis no. 535, February 21, 2005

"Peer-to-Peer Networking and Digital Rights Management: How Market Tools Can Solve Copyright Problems," by Michael A. Einhorn and Bill Rosenblatt, Policy Analysis no. 534, February 17, 2005

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Articles and Newsletters

"Bring Appellate Competition Back to Patent Law," by Timothy B. Lee, TechKnowledge no. 118, July 28, 2008.

"Copyright Enforcement Revisited," by Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 92, November 4, 2004.

"On Drawing Lines in Copyright Law," by Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 75, March 5, 2004.

"The Broadcast Flag Decision: The FCC Bends Over Backward to Protect Over-the-Air Television and the HDTV Transition," by Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 64, November 13, 2003.

"The Day the Music Died," by Stan Liebowitz, TechKnowledge no. 56, August 21, 2003.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Disaster Protection," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, May 27, 2008

"Don't Count on Prop. 99," by Ilya Somin, Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2008

"Battle over Eminent Domain is Another Civil Rights Issue," by David Beito and Ilya Somin, The Kansas City Star, April 27, 2008

"Kelo, M.I.A.," by Ilya Somin, National Review (Online), April 2, 2008

"China's No. 1," by Li Ping, South China Morning Post, February 25, 2008

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Legal Briefs

John Rapanos v. United States, December 9, 2005 (PDF, 0 B)

Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, Connecticut, et al., Brief of Amicus Curiae, December 3, 2004 (PDF, 0 B)

Events

"Supreme Neglect: How to Revive Constitutional Protection for Private Property," March 6, 2008 [Book Forum]

"Property Rights on the March: Where from Here?," December 1, 2006 [Conference]

"Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America," September 19, 2006 [Book Forum]

"Cato University — Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in the 21st Century," July 30, 2006 [Conference]

"Cato University — Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in the 21st Century," July 29, 2006 [Conference]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Re: Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property Act of 2005," by Roger Pilon, Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives, September 7, 2005.

"Property Rights and Environmental Protection," by Roger Pilon, testimony before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, June 27, 1995.

"Protecting Private Property Rights from Regulatory Takings," by Roger Pilon, testimony before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, February 10, 1995.




Multimedia

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

Daily Podcast "Disaster Protection" featuring James A. Dorn, June 5, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:55]

Daily Podcast "Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform" featuring Ilya Somin, April 9, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:22]

Weekly Video August 17, 2007: featuring Tim Hanstad of the Rural Development Institute. [Flash Video, 05:46]

Daily Podcast "Property Wars: The Government Strikes Back" featuring Timothy Sandefur, March 25, 2007 [Flash Audio, 09:25]

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