My email box is a riot of Copyrights and wrongs. Every conceivable position on the issue of Copyright is being advanced, from Yglesias lacks all higher brain function to Yglesias has brilliantly distilled the issues down to a few jewel-like sentences. There is no way this conversation will continue today unabated in the Corner (scroll down if you need to get up to speed). But I would just like to defend my own position. It’s both/and not either/or as I said from the outset. I think it’s both a property rights issue and a utilitarian public policy issue (much like all such issues). That’s why I said Copyrights aren’t exactly the same as normal property rights, but they’re very close. Anyway, unless something happens — a provocative Yglesias response or some such — I think it’s best to move along.