[Upd-discuss] 3 minutes documentary on Public Domain

[Michael Hart]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>    I suppose this is a kind of facts-on-the-ground demonstration of why
>    so-called IP is socially harmful,
>
> It's an extreme generalization to say that "IP" is harmful, or beneficial,
> or anything.  It covers so much territory.  Some parts of it certainly are
> harmful.
>
> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml.

Hmmm. . .wasn't Richard Stallman's last exhange concerning philosophy
where he stated that such topics were not appropriate for this list?

Am I the only one that notices these things?


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