Re: [ox-en] The term "intellectual property"
- From: Graham Seaman <graham seul.org>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:30:31 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Chris Croome wrote:
prep-l list at the moment over the use of the term
"intellectual property" that has been started by RMS:
http://lola.d-a-s-h.org/pipermail/prep-l/2003-October/000426.html
I seem to remember that Graham had some ideas about this
a while back, "monopoly rights"?
Yes, just that contrary to what rms is saying patents, copyright,
and design rights do have something in common - they involve the
legal granting of a right of monopoly. Which is why the extreme
economic liberals (from 19th century free traders to Milton Friedman)
have always opposed them.
Graham
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