www/philosophy not-ipr.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       17/03/20 10:03:41

Modified files:
        philosophy     : not-ipr.html 

Log message:
        Add example of practical effect of using the term.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/not-ipr.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.56&r2=1.57

Patches:
Index: not-ipr.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/not-ipr.html,v
retrieving revision 1.56
retrieving revision 1.57
diff -u -b -r1.56 -r1.57
--- not-ipr.html        5 Mar 2017 21:02:15 -0000       1.56
+++ not-ipr.html        20 Mar 2017 14:03:41 -0000      1.57
@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
+Rejection of &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo; is not mere
+philosophical recreation.  The term does real harm.  Apple used it
+to <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/11/nebraska-farmers-right-to-repair-bill-stalls-apple";>warp
 debate about Nebraska's
+&ldquo;right to repair&rdquo; bill</a>.  The bogus concept gave
+Apple a way to dress up its preference for secrecy, which conficts
+with its customers' rights, as a supposed principle that customers
+and the state must yield to.</p>
+
+<p>
 If you want to think clearly about the issues raised by patents, or
 copyrights, or trademarks, or various other different laws, the first
 step is to
@@ -303,7 +312,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/03/05 21:02:15 $
+$Date: 2017/03/20 14:03:41 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>