Re:AV1 and the Video Wars of 2027
by cyphar on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @12:52PM
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I broad-strokes agree with most of what you wrote (and we appear to agree on the main topic), but I did want to make one small correction:
> Your linked wikipedia section quotes Stallman and Lessig, as well as economists who would prefer the more descriptive term "intellectual monopoly", all objecting to to property's false implication of scarcity.
Stallman does actually believe that the term "intellectual property" to group copyright/patent/trademark/... laws is intentionally deceptive and causes confusion[1]. Personally I don't quite agree with all of his arguments, but he does have a far more radical view than the others mentioned in the article.
> Your linked wikipedia section quotes Stallman and Lessig, as well as economists who would prefer the more descriptive term "intellectual monopoly", all objecting to to property's false implication of scarcity.
Stallman does actually believe that the term "intellectual property" to group copyright/patent/trademark/... laws is intentionally deceptive and causes confusion[1]. Personally I don't quite agree with all of his arguments, but he does have a far more radical view than the others mentioned in the article.
[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.en.html