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It’s a shame, really, that more people don’t understand that the benefits of intellectual property rights extend far beyond the companies and people who own them.

This fall, Colorado voters will vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would spur their taxes to grow, as well as their government.

We are in the first stages of the broadband revolution.

The break-up of the AFL-CIO is further proof of the demise of the union movement.

Europe keeps trying to compete with the US by outregulating it, and exporting those regs to US companies. In further delaying and micromanaging its antitrust action against Microsoft, Europe seems more interested in using Microsoft and other US based multinationals as "cash cows" to fund projects (like aid to the Third World) that win Europe's bureaucrats great press releases, but do nothing to enhance the quality of life in Europe OR in Africa. Instead Europe should commit to greater economic freedom and opportunity on both continents, which would truly make a difference to the poor.

(Note: This week’s techbyte reproduces, in part, IPI President Tom Giovanetti’s recent “intervention” (i.

Looking forward to that end to the federal estate tax the Bush administration pushed through Congress? Good idea – except in some states.

What would the cyber world be like if an international body took over Internet management of the World Wide Web? Can you say, United Nations? It’s alarming to think that such a key factor in the global economy and information network could go the way of the United Nations, where corruption, incompetence and negligence are often winked at.

Never underestimate the ability of political candidates to devise new and innovative ways to use yourmoney to get them reelected — especially if the self-appointed nannies who try to limit honest campaign contributions keep clamping down on access to money.

The theft of intellectual property through copyright piracy and counterfeiting is costing U.