[Upd-discuss] Re: Copyright when taking offline copies of websites.

[Andrius Kulikauskas]

Richard, where have I used the term "intellectual property"?  I agree 
that it's a questionable term.  Others, however, like Maria Agnese 
Giraudo, choose to use it, and others are as of yet unaware that the 
term is problematic.  I suggested using the term "regulation of 
competition" to consider copyright law, patent law, terms of service, 
even trademarks in terms of what they have in common - they all reign in 
extreme forms of competition.  Andrius

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     > in recent messages, you mentioned working on Intellectual Property 
>     > Rights issues, Creative Commons, Public Domain, etc.
>
> The issues Ricardo raised are all about copyright law, and only
> copyright law.  But he seems to have followed your lead and used the
> term "intellectual property", which confuses copyright law with other laws.
>
> If a discussion starts out in confusion, it is not likely to arrive at
> clarity.  To help these discussions be thoughtful and useful, please
> move them away from that propaganda term.
>
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