[ox-en] IPR/monopoly rights
- From: Graham Seaman <graham seul.org>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:54:31 -0400 (EDT)
Hi,
I hate having discussions about patents and copyright where you get
sucked into using the term 'intellectual property rights', but could
never think of a good alternative.
I was always a bit unhappy about rms's line that the reason saying
'intellectual property rights' is wrong is not only that it prejudges the
issue of 'property', but also that it lumps together things (patents and
copyright in particular) that have nothing in common. They obviously do
have something in common - they give people a legally enforced monopoly.
So, instead of talking about 'IPRs' I plan to use 'monopoly rights' as the
generic name. Is there any obvious flaw in that?
Anyway, I wrote a short propaganda piece using it as an experiment:
http://wiki.hipatia.info/wiki/1.3.4/index.php?pagename=NoMonopolyRights
Please feel free to comment on it/change it! (it's my first try at using
a wiki ;-)
Thanks
Graham
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