!@!Re: !@!Re: [Upd-discuss] Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's a Seductive Mirage by Richard M. Stallman

[Richard M. Stallman]

The term "exclusive rights" avoids the bias of the term "intellectual
property", but shares its confusion.  It focuses attention on the
_form_ which is common to laws such as copyright, patents, and
trademarks, and away from their _substance_, in which they are
completely different.  This is not conducive to clear thinking about
any one of these laws.