www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       18/09/16 08:29:41

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Copyright Owner): New term.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.249&r2=1.250

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.249
retrieving revision 1.250
diff -u -b -r1.249 -r1.250
--- words-to-avoid.html 5 Jun 2018 15:33:14 -0000       1.249
+++ words-to-avoid.html 16 Sep 2018 12:29:41 -0000      1.250
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#Content">Content</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
+       href="#CopyrightOwner">Copyright Owner</a>&rdquo;
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#CreativeCommonsLicensed">Creative Commons licensed</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#Creator">Creator</a>&rdquo;
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#IntellectualProperty">Intellectual property</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
+       href="#InternetofThings">Internet of Things</a>&rdquo;
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#LAMP">LAMP system</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#Linux">Linux system</a>&rdquo;
@@ -537,6 +541,26 @@
 
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
+<h3 id="CopyrightOwner">&ldquo;Copyright Owner&rdquo;</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
+<p>
+Copyright is an artificial privilege, handed out by the state to
+achieve a public interest and lasting a period of time &mdash; not a
+natural right like owning a house or a shirt.  Lawyers used to
+recognize this by referring to the recipient of that privilege as a
+&ldquo;copyright holder.&rdquo;</p>
+
+<p>A few decades ago, copyright holders began trying to reduce
+awareness of this point.  In addition to citing frequently the bogus
+concept of <a href="#IntellectualProperty">&ldquo;intellectual
+property,&rdquo;<a> they also started calling themselves
+&ldquo;copyright owners.&rdquo; Please join us in resisting by using
+the traditional term &ldquo;copyright holders&rdquo; instead.</p>
+
+</p>
+
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
 <h3 id="CreativeCommonsLicensed">&ldquo;Creative Commons licensed&rdquo;</h3>
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
 <p>
@@ -826,6 +850,27 @@
 
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
+<h3 id="InternetofThings">&ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
+<p>
+When companies decided to make computerized appliances that would
+connect over the internet to the manufacturer's server, and therefore
+could easily snoop on their users, they realized that this would not
+sound very nice.  So they came up with a cute, appealing name: the
+&ldquo;Internet of Things.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>
+Experience shows that these products often do 
+<a 
href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2015/09/cory-doctorow-what-if-people-were-sensors-not-things-to-be-sensed/";>spy
 on their users.</a>  They are also tailor-made for 
+<a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/rinesi20150806";>giving
+people biased advice</a>.  In addition, the manufacturer can <a href="
+https://gnu.org/malware/proprietary-sabotage.html";> sabotage the
+product</a> by turning off the server it depends on.</p>
+<p>
+We call them the &ldquo;Internet of Stings.&rdquo;
+</p>
+
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
 <h3 id="LAMP">&ldquo;LAMP system&rdquo;</h3>
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
 <p>
@@ -1349,7 +1394,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/06/05 15:33:14 $
+$Date: 2018/09/16 12:29:41 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>