Intellectual Rights
Laura Quilter has posted a very thoughtful piece on "the natural right people have to create, invent, tinker, think, imagine, ponder, access information, etc." In it, she outlines four critical components:
These concepts square very keenly with our objectives here at Right to Create -- itself a term we'd lend to that purpose, but it only really encompasses (a). If you have any ideas for a really good term, you might want to join the discussion at Derivative Work.
(a) the right to create new stuff;She toys with calling this collection of natural rights intellectual rights or information rights, but notes that both terms lack a certain zinginess.
(b) the right to experiment with & learn about existing stuff, gathering information and exploring the world;
(c) the right to communicate information and ideas; and
(d) the right to receive information and ideas.
These concepts square very keenly with our objectives here at Right to Create -- itself a term we'd lend to that purpose, but it only really encompasses (a). If you have any ideas for a really good term, you might want to join the discussion at Derivative Work.
posted by Jackson Lenford at 8:50 AM
1 Comments:
What about "Intellectual Responsibilities"? I.e. if one has "stood on the shoulders of giants", one's responsibility is to allow others to benefit in the same way.
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