Re: [fsf-community-team] Re: Welcome to the "fsf-community-team" mailing list

[Holmes Wilson]

This question was a little bit weird... a lot of people missed this. 
The idea here was that we wanted folks to pick out the term 
"Intellectual Property" and point out that it's both unclear and a major 
concession to the (author's own) opposition.

See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty

One of the things we (at FSF) see happening with a lot of these debates 
is that people who have a pretty good ethical perspective on things 
often accept terms into their vocabulary that totally undercut their 
position.

Intellectual Property is a really problematic term, since it promotes 
the idea that ideas can and should be treated like physical objects.

-Holmes

On 12/9/09 6:09 PM, Gaz Davidson wrote:
> >   * Excerpt: When combined with the other chapters that include
> > >  statutory damages, search and seizure powers for border guards,
> > >  anti-camcording rules, and mandatory disclosure of personal
> > >  information requirements, it is clear that there is no bigger
> > >  intellectual property issue today than the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
> > >  Agreement being negotiated behind closed doors this week in Korea.

> To be honest I don't know how to reply to this one, I would avoid it
> as I'm not familiar enough with the subject matter.