extracts: "Like many libertarians, I initially assumed intellectual property (IP) was a legitimate type of property right. But I had misgivings from the start: there was just something too utilitarian..."
I think you're conflating two points. I know many, capitalistic, people believe that IP should not exist.
However it does currently exist as property of people. If property rights are not respected then capitalism falls apart as you'd have land and capital stolen and kept by whoever could bring the most force
There is hardly anything more capitalistic than the Mises institute. Yet they share these ideas!
https://mises.org/library/patents-and-copyrights-should-be-r...
https://mises.org/library/there-room-intellectual-property-r...
extracts: "Like many libertarians, I initially assumed intellectual property (IP) was a legitimate type of property right. But I had misgivings from the start: there was just something too utilitarian..."