Re: [microsound] [ot] RMS on "Intellectual Property"

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maybe of interest..

Richard Stallman - The Danger of Software Patents
http://www.archive.org/download-eu/ifso-stallman/ifso-stallman-mpeg1_256kb.mp4
(253.6MB (audio/video))

Quoting Phil Thomson <philthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> The man who helped bring us the "GNU" in "GNU/Linux" on a problematic term 
> for producers of digital culture:
> 
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/27/189204
> 
> byte: '...it is a mistake to replace "intellectual property" with any 
> other term. A different name could eliminate the bias but won't address 
> the term's deeper problem: overgeneralization. There is no such unified 
> thing as "intellectual property." It is a mirage, which appears to have a 
> coherent existence only because the term suggests it does.'
> 
> P
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