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Sharing Is Not Piracy

And copying is not theft. Despite intellectual properganda to the contrary.

Update: See Who are You Calling a Pirate?: Shaping Public Discourse in the Intellectual Property Debates, by Christina Mulligan and Brian Patrick Quinn.

Note: The SSRN link is bad at present; I have posted it here with Mulligan’s permission.

So, Stop calling patent and copyright “property”; stop calling copying “theft” and “piracy”. Just. Stop. It.

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  • David Hasellhoff January 24, 2012, 9:37 am

    Please share your bank account with me. It’s about sharing and caring.

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