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Anti-Copyright is a protest against copyright. Usually it is found in Anarchist magazines and books. The idea behind Anti-copyright is that ideas and knowledge should not be owned or controlled. This idea is perhaps best summed up in Peter Kropotkin's slogan Property is Theft.
The following quote was lifted from a source which the author of this sentence refuses to name, without asking permission. Even further, the quote may have been tampered with and not actually truly reflect the original source. Even so, it is still listed as a quote. "Anti-Copyright! Reprint freely, in any manner desired, even without naming the source."
Anarchists do not consider that plagiarism and theft of other people's ideas is a good thing. Anarchists and others who do so would be looked at as dishonest and untrustworthy. What is more important to Anarchists is the refusal to own ideas and knowledge. In some sense it is similar to the arguments over patenting life forms.
Some portions of articles in Misplaced Pages are covered by Anti-copyright. Most would be on topics of Anarchism. It would be difficult, or impossible to actually determine which ones.