Whether mind-mapping is copyrighted or not, it has a hyphen.
Otherwise, every time I said to someone, 'Would you mind mapping
previously uncharted territory of naked exploitation of people with
learning difficulties?', I would have to pay Tony Buzan a fee. Oh,
somehow that doesn't seem as incongruous as I first thought. In the
meantime, as usual it is not so much whether people people can lay
claim to legal title, more a question of whether they can find a court
to support them. In this case, unless someone was specifically
referring to a product or a learning programme produced by Buzan, I
doubt he'd have any luck. Both parts of the phrase were in common use
before the one-man publishing phenomenon bestowed his gifts to the
world (i.e., it's not like Kodak or Xerox). Just a view, as usual.
Regards, Bernard
On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:25:14 +0100 Ian Webb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Some years ago when I was up in Scotland the same was said to me so I did some research. I
> could find no-one to sustain this argument. However Mind mapping is a term that is used by
> Tony and Barry Buzan and I understand is their copyright.
>
> Ian
>
> Ian Webb MNADO
> Learning Support Adviser
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 04/07/03 10:06am >>>
> Hi
>
> An FE colleague recently revealed that her institution discouraged the
> use of the above terms - as they are regarded as non PC, the reason
> being that they may gve offence to people with epilepsy.
>
> Apparently, though, it's okay to use 'spider-diagrams' and 'thought
> showers' (gawd!).
>
> Perhaps I'm being insensitive but I find this level of 'control' quite
> irritating and can't quite see how someone with epilepsy could be
> disturbed by the terms.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Peter Hill
>
> --
> 01527 500324
> [log in to unmask]
> www.study-pro.com
>
> Dyslexia Consultancy and Resources
----------------------
Bernard Doherty
Student Adviser
ACCESS Centre
Anglia Polytechnic University
Tel: 01223 363271 x2534
Fax: 01223 417730
Minicom: 01223 576155
[log in to unmask]
|