Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 11:41 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > [...] > > > Error no.1: it's not "intellectual property" but copyright that's being > > > discussed > > > > Copyright is a form of property > > No. It is an artificial government granted temporary monopoly over a > work. This right can be bought or sold, inherited, licensed or otherwise > transferred. But it is not property.
Oh dear. Your Oberfuhrer Moglen (darn that RMS lives in a cubbyhole on MIT campus) has "an artificial government granted temporary monopoly" over his house and land as well. Same (almost) as with copyright. It's all about balancing, you know. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11969361.htm (Governments can seize private land, high court rules) regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
