www/philosophy reevaluating-copyright.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/12/25 01:44:13

Modified files:
        philosophy     : reevaluating-copyright.html 

Log message:
        Add clarification to the 1999 note about copying CDs.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: reevaluating-copyright.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- reevaluating-copyright.html 30 Nov 2007 21:11:25 -0000      1.17
+++ reevaluating-copyright.html 25 Dec 2007 01:43:56 -0000      1.18
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@
 and they are entitled to reject this restriction. (1999 note: the
 practical situation for CDs has changed, in that many ordinary
 computer users can now copy CDs. This means that we should now
-consider CDs more like tapes.)</p>
+consider CDs more like tapes.  2007 clarification: notwithstanding the
+improvement in CD technology, it still make sense to apply copyright
+to commercial distribution while letting individuals copy freely.)</p>
 
 <p>We can also see why the abstractness
 of <a href="#later-1">intellectual property</a> is not the crucial
@@ -409,7 +411,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/11/30 21:11:25 $
+$Date: 2007/12/25 01:43:56 $
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 </p>
 </div>