www/philosophy right-to-read.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/01/09 00:38:30

Modified files:
        philosophy     : right-to-read.html 

Log message:
        Move refs to subsequent events to a new Bad News section
        and add some more to it.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/right-to-read.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.57&r2=1.58

Patches:
Index: right-to-read.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/right-to-read.html,v
retrieving revision 1.57
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -b -r1.57 -r1.58
--- right-to-read.html  20 Sep 2011 08:15:43 -0000      1.57
+++ right-to-read.html  9 Jan 2012 00:37:26 -0000       1.58
@@ -273,6 +273,37 @@
 This is an interesting approach to the Fourth Amendment: pressure most
 everyone to agree, in advance, to waive their rights under it.</p>
 
+<h3 id="Bad News">Bad News</h3>
+
+<p>
+The battle for the right to read is already in progress,
+The enemy is organized, while we are not, so it is going against us.
+Here are articles about bad things that have happened since the
+original publication of this article.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Today's commercial ebooks <a href="the-danger-of-ebooks.html">
+     abolish readers' traditional freedoms.</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://http://www.nature.com/nature_education/biology.html";>
+     A "biology textbook" web site</a> that you can access only by signing
+     a contract not to share it.</li>
+<li><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-103151.html";>Electronic
+     Publishing:</a> An article about distribution of books in
+     electronic form, and copyright issues affecting the right to read
+     a copy.</li>
+<li><a 
href="http://channels.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Aug99/SeyboldPR.asp";>Books
+     inside Computers:</a> Software to control who can read
+     books and documents on a PC.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>If we want to stop the bad news and create some good news, we need
+to organize and fight.  The
+FSF's <a href="http://defectivebydesign.org";> Defective by Design</a>
+campaign has made a start &mdash; subscribe to the campaign's mailing
+list to lend a hand.  And <a href="http://www.fsf.org/associate";> join
+the FSF</a> to help fund our work.</a>
+</p>
+
 <h3 id="References">References</h3>
 
 <ul>
@@ -313,21 +344,6 @@
                Published in Computer World.</li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>
-The <a href="#AuthorsNote">author's note</a> talks about the battle
-for the right to read and electronic surveillance.  The battle is
-beginning now; here are links to two articles about technologies now
-being developed to deny you the right to read.</p>
-<ul>
-<li><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-103151.html";>Electronic
-     Publishing:</a> An article about distribution of books in
-     electronic form, and copyright issues affecting the right to read
-     a copy.</li>
-<li><a 
href="http://channels.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Aug99/SeyboldPR.asp";>Books
-     inside Computers:</a> Software to control who can read
-     books and documents on a PC.</li>
-</ul>
-
 </div>
 
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+$Date: 2012/01/09 00:37:26 $
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