Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist.

We’re against the state, not government. The state just happens to monopolize the government.

The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to it than any third party (and any third party seeking to dispute my self-ownership must presuppose the principle of self-ownership in the first place since he is acting as a self-owner).

Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I discussed above. Sometimes they can. Musicians can sell music, even in the face of piracy. Or they can sell their services − concerts, etc. Painters and other artists can profit in similar ways. A novelist could use kickstarter for a sequel or get paid to consult on a movie version.

In a market economy with the division and specialization of labor, people use others as means to achieve their ends. This is the essence of market cooperation.

The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the printing press came along and the authorities worried that they couldn't control official thought as easily.

Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist.