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'Well over a decade ago I tried to explain why things like copyright and
patents (and especially trademarks) should not be considered
"intellectual property," and that focusing on the use of "property"
helped to distort nearly every policy debate about those tools. This was
especially true among the crowd who consider themselves "free market
supporters" or, worse, "against government regulations and handouts." It
seemed odd to me that many people in that camp strongly supported both
copyright and patents, mainly by pretending they were regular property,
while ignoring that both copyrights and patents are literally
centralized government regulations that involve handing a monopoly right
to a private entity to prevent competition. But supporters seemed to be
able to whitewash that, so long as they could insist that these things
were "property", contorting themselves into believing that these
government handouts were somehow a part of the free market.'
Via Glyn Moody.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
