[pp.int.general] where is the manifesto?

Richard M Stallman rms at gnu.org
Mon Dec 29 11:23:08 CET 2008


The term "intellectual property" was used for a long time in France
and Spain to refer to copyright and only copyright.  The broader
definition that WIPO uses (which is inconsistent with that) is new.

I have asked people at universities to check past law school catalogs
to see when the term first appeared there.  I have only got a few
responses, but all of them were in the 1980s.  I would find it
interesting to get more responses.



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