www/philosophy right-to-read.html

[Pavel Kharitonov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       16/07/13 17:51:49

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

Log message:
        Use absolute internal URLs; adjust markup to HTML Guidelines.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/right-to-read.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.94&r2=1.95

Patches:
Index: right-to-read.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/right-to-read.html,v
retrieving revision 1.94
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -u -b -r1.94 -r1.95
--- right-to-read.html  13 Jul 2016 17:43:34 -0000      1.94
+++ right-to-read.html  13 Jul 2016 17:51:48 -0000      1.95
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@
 
 <li>
 <p>Computer-enforced restrictions on lending or reading books (and other
-kinds of published works) are known as <abbr>DRM</abbr>, short for
+kinds of published works) are known as DRM, short for
 &ldquo;Digital Restrictions Management&rdquo;.  To
-eliminate <abbr>DRM</abbr>, the Free Software Foundation has
+eliminate DRM, the Free Software Foundation has
 established the <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org";>Defective by
 Design</a> campaign.  We ask for your support.</p>
 </li>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 of the specific repressive laws and practices described above have
 already been proposed; some have been enacted into law in the US and
 elsewhere.  In the US, the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act
-(<abbr>DMCA</abbr>) gave explicit government backing to the
+(DMCA) gave explicit government backing to the
 computer-enforced restrictions known as DRM, by making the
 distribution of programs that can break DRM a crime.  The European
 Union imposed similar restrictions in a 2001 copyright directive, in a
@@ -204,20 +204,20 @@
 <a href="https://stallman.org/business-supremacy-treaties.html";>
 Business-supremacy treaties</a> is a more fitting term for them, since
 they are designed to give business dominion over nominally democratic
-states.  The <abbr>DMCA</abbr>'s policy of criminalizing programs that
+states.  The DMCA's policy of criminalizing programs that
 break DRM is one of many unjust policies that these treaties impose
 across a wide range of fields.</p>
 
 <p>
-The US has imposed <abbr>DMCA</abbr> requirements on Australia, New
+The US has imposed DMCA requirements on Australia, New
 Zealand, Panama, Colombia and South Korea through bilateral
 agreements, and on countries such as Costa Rica through another
-treaty, <abbr>CAFTA</abbr>.  Obama has escalated the campaign with two
-new proposed treaties, the TPP and the TTIP.  The <abbr>TPP</abbr>
+treaty, CAFTA.  Obama has escalated the campaign with two
+new proposed treaties, the TPP and the TTIP.  The TPP
 would impose the DMCA, along with many other wrongs, on 12 countries
-on the Pacific Ocean.  The <abbr>TTIP</abbr> would impose similar
+on the Pacific Ocean.  The TTIP would impose similar
 strictures on Europe.  Americans should demand their congressional
-representatives reject the attempt to approve the <abbr>TPP</abbr> in
+representatives reject the attempt to approve the TPP in
 the lame-duck session after the 2016 election.</p>
 
 <p>
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@
 in your computer.  This enables Microsoft, and potentially any web
 sites that cooperate with Microsoft, the ultimate control over what
 the user can do on per own computer.  Microsoft is likely to use that
-control on behalf of the <abbr>FBI</abbr> when asked: it
-already <a href="http://gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html";>shows
-the <abbr>NSA</abbr> security bugs in Windows</a> to exploit.</p>
+control on behalf of the FBI when asked: it
+already <a href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">shows
+the NSA security bugs in Windows</a> to exploit.</p>
 
 <p>
 Secure boot can be implemented in a way that permits the user to
@@ -271,21 +271,21 @@
 boot</em>.</p>
 
 <p>
-In 1997, when this story was first published, the <abbr>SPA</abbr> was
+In 1997, when this story was first published, the SPA was
 threatening small Internet service providers, demanding they permit
-the <abbr>SPA</abbr> to monitor all users.  Most ISPs surrendered when
+the SPA to monitor all users.  Most ISPs surrendered when
 threatened, because they could not afford to fight back in court.  One
 ISP, Community ConneXion in Oakland, California, refused the demand
-and was actually sued.  The <abbr>SPA</abbr> later dropped the suit,
-but the <abbr>DMCA</abbr> gave it the power it sought.</p>
+and was actually sued.  The SPA later dropped the suit,
+but the DMCA gave it the power it sought.</p>
 
 <p>
-The <abbr>SPA</abbr>, which actually stands for Software Publishers
+The SPA, which actually stands for Software Publishers
 Association, has been replaced in its police-like role by the Business
-Software Alliance.  The <abbr>BSA</abbr> is not, today, an official
+Software Alliance.  The BSA is not, today, an official
 police force; unofficially, it acts like one.  Using methods
 reminiscent of the erstwhile Soviet Union, it invites people to inform
-on their coworkers and friends.  A <abbr>BSA</abbr> terror campaign in
+on their coworkers and friends.  A BSA terror campaign in
 Argentina in 2001 made slightly veiled threats that people sharing
 software would be raped in prison.</p>
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 which I call the &ldquo;Amazon Swindle&rdquo; because it's designed to
 swindle readers out of the traditional freedoms of readers of books,
 is run by software with several
-demonstrated <a 
href="http://gnu.org/proprietary/malware-kindle-swindle.html";>Orwellian
+demonstrated <a href="/proprietary/malware-kindle-swindle.html">Orwellian
 functionalities</a>.  Any one of them calls for rejecting the product
 completely:</p>
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 user is reading, and which page, and it reports when the user highlights
 text, and any notes the user enters.</p></li>
 
-<li><p>It has <abbr>DRM</abbr>, which is intended to block users from
+<li><p>It has DRM, which is intended to block users from
 sharing copies.</p></li>
 
 <li><p>It has a back door with which Amazon can remotely erase any book.
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/07/13 17:43:34 $
+$Date: 2016/07/13 17:51:48 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
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