Re:Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage
by cm127 on Monday May 19, 2014 @01:05PM
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You did miss the point. Read the article. It's about how all IP is not the same because they originated from different places and they do different things. For example, software uses patents. That's not just a niche, that's an entire category of IP. Copyright is also an entire category that artists use to "protect" their work. But what kind of protection? It's different between patent and copyright, so just saying I have IP rights, is as vague as you can possible be because you don't have them all - just some.
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Re:Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage
by dragonwriter on Monday May 19, 2014 @01:17PM
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> so just saying I have IP rights, is as vague as you can possible be
No, its not, because you could say "I have intangible personal property rights" or "I have personal property rights", or "I have property rights", each of which is vaguer than "I have IP rights", as IP is a strict subset of intangible personal property, which is itself a strict subset of personal property, etc.