www/philosophy right-to-read.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/06/15 09:21:30

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

Log message:
        Mention the DADVSI.  Move TC section down.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/right-to-read.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.28&r2=1.29

Patches:
Index: right-to-read.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/right-to-read.html,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -b -r1.28 -r1.29
--- right-to-read.html  11 Jun 2007 16:14:45 -0000      1.28
+++ right-to-read.html  15 Jun 2007 09:20:33 -0000      1.29
@@ -157,37 +157,9 @@
 the US, the 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act established the legal
 basis to restrict the reading and lending of computerized books (and
 other works as well).  The European Union imposed similar restrictions
-in a 2001 copyright directive.</p>
-
-<p>
-One of the ideas in the story was not proposed in reality until 2002.
-This is the idea that the <abbr>FBI</abbr> and Microsoft will keep the
-root passwords for your personal computers, and not let you have
-them.</p>
-
-<p>
-The proponents of this scheme have given it names such as
-&ldquo;trusted computing&rdquo; and &ldquo;palladium&rdquo;.  We call
-it <a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">&ldquo;treacherous
-computing&rdquo;</a>, because the effect is to make your computer obey
-companies instead of you.  This was implemented in 2007 as part
-of <a href="http://badvista.org/";>Windows Vista</a>; we expect Apple
-to do something similar.  In this scheme, it is the manufacturer that
-keeps the secret code, but the <abbr>FBI</abbr> would have little
-trouble getting it.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-What Microsoft keeps is not exactly a password in the traditional
-sense; no person ever types it on a terminal.  Rather, it is a
-signature and encryption key that corresponds to a second key stored
-in your computer in a place that you can't read.  This enables
-Microsoft and your computer to exchange secret messages&mdash;secret
-from you, that is.  Vista does not allow you to install any code in
-the system that was not approved by Microsoft.  The purpose of this,
-and many other restrictions, is to make DRM that can't be overcome by
-programming your computer.
-</p>
+in a 2001 copyright directive.  In France, under the DADVSI law
+adopted in 2006, mere possession of a copy of DeCSS, the free program
+to decrypt video on a DVD, is a crime.</p>
 
 <p>
 In 2001, Disney-funded Senator Hollings proposed a bill called the
@@ -227,6 +199,36 @@
 to get rid of it.</p>
 
 <p>
+One of the ideas in the story was not proposed in reality until 2002.
+This is the idea that the <abbr>FBI</abbr> and Microsoft will keep the
+root passwords for your personal computers, and not let you have
+them.</p>
+
+<p>
+The proponents of this scheme have given it names such as
+&ldquo;trusted computing&rdquo; and &ldquo;palladium&rdquo;.  We call
+it <a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">&ldquo;treacherous
+computing&rdquo;</a>, because the effect is to make your computer obey
+companies instead of you.  This was implemented in 2007 as part
+of <a href="http://badvista.org/";>Windows Vista</a>; we expect Apple
+to do something similar.  In this scheme, it is the manufacturer that
+keeps the secret code, but the <abbr>FBI</abbr> would have little
+trouble getting it.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+What Microsoft keeps is not exactly a password in the traditional
+sense; no person ever types it on a terminal.  Rather, it is a
+signature and encryption key that corresponds to a second key stored
+in your computer in a place that you can't read.  This enables
+Microsoft and your computer to exchange secret messages&mdash;secret
+from you, that is.  Vista does not allow you to install any code in
+the system that was not approved by Microsoft.  The purpose of this,
+and many other restrictions, is to make DRM that can't be overcome by
+programming your computer.
+</p>
+
+<p>
 The SPA, which actually stands for Software Publisher's Association,
 has been replaced in this police-like role by the BSA or Business
 Software Alliance.  It is not, today, an official police force;
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/06/11 16:14:45 $
+$Date: 2007/06/15 09:20:33 $
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 </p>
 </div>