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infoanarchist

infoanarchist noun: a person who opposes intellectual property and copyright.

Noun

infoanarchist (plural infoanarchists)

  1. A person who opposes intellectual property and copyright.
    • It turns out that the brave new world of free-flowing information can be a bit disconcerting, even to infoanarchists.2000 July, A. Cohen, “The Infoanarchist”, in Time, volume 155, page 47
    • Infoanarchists have emerged as part of the broader copyright social conflict and copyright debate.2012, Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, Infoanarchism

Forms of infoanarchist

pluralinfoanarchists

Origin of infoanarchist

From info + anarchist, coined in 2000 in an article in Time magazine about Ian Clarke.

Questions about infoanarchist

What does infoanarchist mean?
Infoanarchist means a person who opposes intellectual property and copyright.
What part of speech is infoanarchist?
Infoanarchist is a noun.
What is the plural of infoanarchist?
The plural of infoanarchist is infoanarchists.

Words near infoanarchist in the dictionary

  1. info-dump
  2. info-dumped
  3. info-dumping
  4. info-dumps
  5. Info.
  6. infoanarchist
  7. infoanarchists
  8. infobahn
  9. infobahns
  10. infobesity
  11. infobot

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