David A. Wheeler's Blog



Tue, 01 Mar 2011

Intellectual Rights, not Intellectual Property

I think the phrase “intellectual property” is a misleading and dangerous phrase. Our entire economy is moving towards being a “knowledge economy”, but the term “intellectual property” misleads people into exactly the wrong understanding. Instead, use terms such as “intellectual rights”.

Not convinced? Not sure what I mean? Take a look at Intellectual Rights, not Intellectual Property.

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