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Reinier Bakels wrote:
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<div><font color="#0000ff">There is a stream in literature that
defends (broad) copyright on a philosophy that equates "intellectual
property" more or less to real property (eventually based on the
philosphy of Locke). Needless to say that the PP movement disagrees
with such ideas.</font></div>
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As far as I know, PPI simply rejects the <i>intellectual pro...whatever</i>
concept; talking about <i>intellectual property</i> automatically -and
falsely- binds author's rights with private property. As RMS stated
some time ago, the first step to be made is to abandon the language
trap, prior to abandon the legal trap -i.e., prior to making legal
changes-.<br>
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As Jorge Machado points out, we are against the contradictory concept
of <i>intellectual property</i>, but we recognise the moral -and
material (though very restricted in time and scope), e.g., according to
PIRATA, <a href="http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english">Piratpartiet</a>
("<i>A five years copyright term for commercial use is more than
enough. Non-commercial use should be free from day one</i>") and other
pirate parties platforms- rights of the authors; as simple as it is.<br>
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Carlos Ayala<br>
( Aiarakoa )<br>
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Partido Pirata National Board's Chairman
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