16 Mar
2005
16 Mar
'05
9:01 a.m.
Alex Ionescu wrote:
Richard Campbell wrote:
But I got it...
the thing is, IP is a term best reserved for use by lawyers, since it is
newspeak. There is no such thing as Intellectual Property.
It's applying property rights to something that is not property, but
information.
Information is regulated by copyrights and patents, not property laws.
I can steal your car but I can't steal you patent.
I can violate your patent though.
regards,
Jakob
(Plus it's a whole different discussion about quality of patents...)
Ermm....IP = intellectual property...
I think that was another one of Mike's sarcastic jokes that nobody
ever gets ;)