[pp.int.general] purpose of manifesto

Rickard Olsson rickard.olsson at piratpartiet.se
Tue Jan 27 08:46:10 CET 2009


Richard M Stallman wrote:

> There is no need to argue about which one is more harmful.
> Since both of them are harmful, we should reject them both.

+1

> I won't say "intellectual property" is more harmful, but the WAY
> it does harm is more subtle and devious.

Indeed. I believe this is what opened the way to the "theft" argument in 
the first place.

> Both "sharing" and "theft" refer to a concrete, meaningful activity
> which we understand; the question is only what to call it.  By
> contrast, the term "intellectual property" refers to a congeries of
> disparate laws and makes them falsely appear to be a single coherent
> thing.

Not to mention the suggestion that rights are goods, just like physical 
property. We really need to replace it with a more suitable meme, 
something catchier - perhaps even with the same abbreviation.


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