Write back to Samir. But yeah, he'll get it here. At least put it in double quotations: "intellectual property" or name it "so called intellectual property" :P<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/1 Richard Stallman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im"> Minecraft can make a clear statement: Anyone can be a creator and copy<br>
copyrighted or patented objects with hardly any issues. One of the benefits<br>
of Minecraft is that you still create the objects yourself. This creates a<br>
gray area, where it is not always clear if it is intellectual property<br>
infringement or not.<br>
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</div>I applaud the sentiment, but using the term "intellectual property"<br>
_anywhere_ helps our adversaries. Copyright law and patent law are<br>
very different. The term "patented objects" is also misleading, since<br>
a patent is about an idea, not an entire object design.<br>
<br>
It is important to express these ideas right if we want to educate<br>
the public to understand these issues.<br>
<br>
Who should I write to, to suggest changing that text?<br>
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