www/philosophy the-danger-of-ebooks.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/01/15 13:08:32

Modified files:
        philosophy     : the-danger-of-ebooks.html 

Log message:
        Wording cleanups.  Link to sign-up page.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10

Patches:
Index: the-danger-of-ebooks.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- the-danger-of-ebooks.html   20 Sep 2011 08:15:46 -0000      1.9
+++ the-danger-of-ebooks.html   15 Jan 2012 13:08:24 -0000      1.10
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 <p>Contrast that with Amazon e-books (fairly typical):</p>
 <ul>
 <li>Amazon requires users to identify themselves to get an e-book.</li>
-<li>In some countries, Amazon says the user does not own the e-book.</li>
+<li>In some countries, including the US, Amazon says the user cannot
+own the e-book.</li>
 <li>Amazon requires the user to accept a restrictive license on use of the 
 e-book.</li>
 <li>The format is secret, and only proprietary user-restricting software can 
@@ -46,11 +47,12 @@
 <p>Even one of these infringements makes e-books a step backward from 
 printed books. We must reject e-books until they respect our freedom.</p>
 
-<p>The e-book companies say denying our traditional freedoms is necessary to 
-continue to pay authors. The current copyright system does a lousy job of 
-that; it is much better suited to supporting those companies. We can support 
-authors better in other ways that don't require curtailing our freedom, and 
-even legalize sharing. Two methods I've suggested are:</p>
+<p>The e-book companies say denying our traditional freedoms is
+necessary to continue to pay authors. The current copyright system
+supports those companies handsomely and most authors badly. We can
+support authors better in other ways that don't require curtailing our
+freedom, and even legalize sharing. Two methods I've suggested
+are:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>To distribute tax funds to authors based on the cube root of each 
@@ -61,8 +63,11 @@
 </ul>
 
 <p>E-books need not attack our freedom (Project Gutenberg's e-books don't), 
-but they will if companies get to decide. It's up to us to stop them. 
-The fight has already started.</p>
+but they will if companies get to decide. It's up to us to stop them.</p>
+
+<p>Join the fight: sign up
+at <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org/ebooks.html";>
+http://DefectiveByDesign.org/ebooks.html</a>.</p>
 
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      all pages on the GNU web server should have the section about
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
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-$Date: 2011/09/20 08:15:46 $
+$Date: 2012/01/15 13:08:24 $
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