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   From: Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com>
   To: cypherpunks@cpunks.org
   Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:27 PM
   Subject: Re: patents in a free society (Re: Brother can you help a
   fiber?)
   On Fri, Nov 8, 2013, at 07:38 PM, Bill Stewart wrote:
   >> Some of us strongly believe in intellectual property.  Some of us
   >> believe that initiating force to defend "imaginary property" that's
   >> really a euphemism for a government-granted monopoly is both
   >> dishonest and anathema.
   >I agree with the concepts of copyrights, patents (for physical
   >inventions only), trademarks, trade dress, and trade secrets.
   >I disagree completely with the use of the term "intellectual property"
   >because the laws governing copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade
   dress,
   >and trade secrets are not property laws. Not only is the term
   >"intellectual property" deceptive, misleading, and ambiguous, the
   people
   >who brought it to us are the same ones who would love to shut down
   >BitTorrent and similar information sharing technologies.
   >  Shawn K. Quinn
    > [1]skquinn@rushpost.com
   Can we all agree that if a 'patent system' were implemented by
   'voluntary-ist' methods, that doesn't involve government-initiated
   force, that would solve the problem:  Those that agreed with
   copyrights/patents would buy only from stores that specialize in
   copyright/patent-honoring products/manufacturers; others would buy from
   all stores, including those that sold non-copyright/patent-honoring
   products.
       Jim Bell

References

   1. mailto:skquinn@rushpost.com