On July 15, 1967 was founded the WIPO.<br><br>We could do an global act against the ideology of "intellectual property" on July 15.<br><br><br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/29 Reinier Bakels <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:r.bakels@planet.nl">r.bakels@planet.nl</a>></span><br>
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1. "Natural law" is generally perceived by lawyers as a very weak =<br>
proposition from a methodological perspective. It means: it is naturally =<br>
so - don't ask any further questions - or in less polite terms: shut up!<br>
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These decisions are political rather than legal, which means they are<br>
not made directly by lawyers. Many politicians are lawyers, but few<br>
of them practiced copyright law. So even if philosophically inclined<br>
lawyers have a basis to resist this influence, its influence is very<br>
strong on politicians and the public.<br>
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You are right, the claim for a "natural right" is first of all a political claim.The bad thing is that "natural right" *claims* "naturality", some sort of legal justification, which is NONEXISTING!<div class="im">
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Scholars soon acknowledged that this was incorrect. If you want =<br>
to cite an authoritative source: the great German scholar Joseph Kohler =<br>
(1849-1919) proposed "immaterial goods rights" =<br>
(Immaterialg=C3=BCterrechte in German)<br>
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I don't know German, but I have a vague (perhaps mistaken) feeling<br>
that "recht" does not correspond perfectly to the English word<br>
"right". Can it also mean "law" or "justice"? Perhaps there is a better<br>
way to translate his term, one which would avoid the implication of<br>
"rights" in English.<br>
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In German (and Dutch, my native language) the same word "recht" is used both for law (=justice) and right. So we distinguish rights as "subjective rights" = rights belonging to someone. This is basic undergratuate law terminology, without any prejudice to the legitimacy of rights. The essence of professor Kohlers statement was a denial of the "intellectual property" concept - don't we agree on that?<br>
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