[Fsf-friends] Re: Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 48, Issue 19

Mishi Choudhary mishi_c@[EMAIL-PROTECTED]
Thu Apr 26 14:56:40 IST 2007


Intellectual property" as a category (never mind whether it is
"propaganda" or a legitimate taxonomy--those /are/ rules of property
rather than liability) is a post-1945 conception.  The US Congress
names for /committees/, as opposed to subcommittees, is fixed by
tradition and maintained by the territorialism of committee chairs;
there are no committees called "intellectual property."  Primary
jurisdiction over such legislation is held in both Houses by the
Committees on the Judiciary, with theoretically secondary jurisdiction
in the Commerce Committees.


Warm Regards
Mishi Choudhary


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