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The term &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo; also leads to simplistic thinking. It leads people to focus on the meager commonality in form that these disparate laws have&mdash;that they create artificial privileges for certain parties&mdash;and to disregard the details which form their substance: the specific restrictions each law places on the public, and the consequences that result. This simplistic focus on the form encourages an &ldquo;economistic&rdquo; approach to all these issues.