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Dr. Stallman's insistence on this is very well motivated. I have
noticed a tremendous attitude shift since I started using words that
conveyed the right values.<br>
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As long as we allow people to get with the fuzzy "intellectual
property", we will:<br>
<br>
a) be unable to pinpoint the problems with copyrights, patents and
other monopolies, as we need to be specific about the problems, and
few of these problems apply across all monopoly kinds uniformly<br>
<br>
b) be susceptible to the "stealing" moniker<br>
<br>
c) lose out on the values we convey in using that language, as
property is a positive word<br>
<br>
<br>
It is for a reason that I never talk about the monopolies as
property. Never, ever. Even if other people use that term, I respond
talking about "copyrights and patents" if I want to talk broadly.<br>
<br>
<b>But it goes beyond that.</b> Words convey more than meaning, they
convey association and emotion. Failing to exploit this, when your
antagonist does so skillfully and continuously, will marginalize
your followers to people unable to feel or communicate emotion. I am
sure we can all identify the problems we had at one stage -- or
still have, in several contexts -- with getting the message to key
extrovert people, social supernodes. <b>This requires using
supernode language.</b><br>
<br>
In Sweden, we have managed to turn the people fighting for the
copyright monopoly from "artists" to "<b>the copyright industry</b>".
That's an immensely powerful meme.<br>
<br>
Not "the record industry", not "the music industry". The industry
which profits off of the copyright monopoly, pure and simple. "The
copyright industry". This meme has now spread to mainstream media,
and signals greed and law exploitation. Just talk about "the
copyright industry" constantly, and the meme will take hold, as it
is a good linguistic catchall for a major player in media.<br>
<br>
You will notice that I'm also constantly talking about <b>the
copyright monopoly</b>. Not "copyright" but "the copyright
monopoly". This is another of those bullets. Any word which is an
X-right is, well, a right. Therefore, it is important to turn the
word into an adjective describing what it really is: a monopoly.<br>
<br>
"The copyright monopoly" is slowly taking hold, and also works very
well.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Rick<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 03/02/2011 10:51 AM, Boris Turovskiy wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Richard,
you're extremely predictable, you know that? A Pawlow dog couldn't be as
trained as you are in finding every instance of "intellectual property"
and ranting about it, completely neglecting the other content.
Best,
Boris
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<pre wrap="">As one would expect from WIPO, he used the term "intellectual
property" and thus made a statement so broad it hardly even relates to
real criticism.
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