There are very good arguments as to why "intellectual property" and
derivatives should be avoided as a term. One should talk instead about
patents, copyrights and trademarks instead. The issues represented by the
three are substantially different among the three and they can't be
successfully generalized.
To illustrate the inappriateness of the "intellectual property" as a term,
all we have to do is examine the current state of patents, copyrights, and
trademarks: It is unlikely that Patents are on the way out. It may be
that software patents are on the way out. It may be that biotech patents
are on the way out. It is unlikely the copyrights are on the way. It may
be that copyright abuse may be limited. It is unlikely that trademarks
are on the way out.
--Dean
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Ted Faber wrote:
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 09:44:02PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
On 12-okt-04, at 19:36, Thomas Gal wrote:
and IP is on it's way out
Please note that in the IETF the letters "IP" first and foremost mean
"Internet Protocol". To use them for something else is confusing.
To forestall the question, when communicating with the IETF one
shortens "intellectual property" to "IPR." You can pretend it
abbrieviates "Intellectual Property Rights" or "Intellectual PRoperty."
It replaces both phrases in discourse and writing.
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