[Upd-discuss] Jewish Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame sued over trademark violation

[Richard Stallman]

      Specifically, I'm referring to the 
    idea that control of intangible products (whether they be songs, ideas 
    for inventions, or brand designations) involve the control of 
    information and ideas.

This statement isn't *false*, but it focuses attention on the wrong
level.  The problem of confusion in the term "intellectual property"
is that it encourages people to focus too much attention at this level
of abstraction, and thus disregard the specifics of copyright law, of
patent law, and of trademark law.