[Upd-discuss] Copyright impact in Developing Countries

[Michael Hart]

I'm afraid Mr. Stallman sometimes sounds like a broken record,
however I am on his side in the main.

Hence the following:

I would suggest the comment about "protection" at the end will
be improved with the word "monopoly" or "limited monopoly" and
perhaps a reference to extensions.

If Mr. Stallman were totally serious about his suggestions, he
might actually SEND his suggested revised essay to the author,
in the hopes of getting some actual outside media coverage.

Hoping to be thanking you soon for your time and consideration,

Michael S. Hart
Founder, 1971
Project Gutenberg




On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Richard Stallman wrote:

> It is a grave mistake to use the term "intellectual property",
> because doing so lumps together unrelated laws.
>
> Patent law and copyright law are almost completely different, and
> should be treated as two separate topics.  Trademark law is totally
> different from those two, and should be treated as a separate topic.
> To lump these topics together is a recipe for confusion.
>
> Ms Giraudo's article is about copyright law -- plus one paragraph
> about patent law which doesn't relate to the rest.  Aside from that
> paragraph, it makes sense as an article about copyright.  But every
> time it uses the term "intellectual property", it lumps in other
> unrelated laws and mixes up unrelated topics.
>
> Replacing the term "intellectual property" with "copyright", and
> deleting the one extra paragraph, would make the article coherent.
>
> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html for more explanation.
>
>
> "Protection" is also a propaganda term in the context of copyright --
> see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html for explanation.
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