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> this is a very common misconception for some reason The use of the umbrella term "intellectual property" is a deliberate tactic to seed that type of misinfor
by Hemospectrum 10y ago
> this is a very common misconception for some reason
The use of the umbrella term "intellectual property" is a deliberate tactic to seed that type of misinformation in public discourse, so that people will assume these different concepts are equivalent and that protections applying to one of them apply to all of them. You're seeing cases where this tactic has succeeded.
- rpdillon 10y agoRichard Stallman rejects the term 'intellectual property' for exactly this reason. It's another case where Stallman can seem extreme, but is actually quite insightful. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html