www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       08/09/18 13:06:08

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

Log message:
        (piracy): It isn't necessary illegal.

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

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.94
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -u -b -r1.94 -r1.95
--- words-to-avoid.html 10 Jun 2008 18:49:31 -0000      1.94
+++ words-to-avoid.html 18 Sep 2008 13:06:05 -0000      1.95
@@ -446,17 +446,22 @@
 
 <h4 id="Piracy">&ldquo;Piracy&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
-Publishers often refer to prohibited copying as &ldquo;piracy.&rdquo;
-In this way, they imply that illegal copying is ethically equivalent
-to attacking ships on the high seas, kidnapping and murdering the
-people on them.</p>
-<p>
-If you don't believe that illegal copying is just like kidnapping and
-murder, you might prefer not to use the word &ldquo;piracy&rdquo; to
-describe it.  Neutral terms such as &ldquo;prohibited copying&rdquo;
-or &ldquo;unauthorized copying&rdquo; are available for use instead.
-Some of us might even prefer to use a positive term such as
-&ldquo;sharing information with your neighbor.&rdquo;</p>
+Publishers often refer to copying they don't approve of as
+&ldquo;piracy.&rdquo; In this way, they imply that it is ethically
+equivalent to attacking ships on the high seas, kidnapping and
+murdering the people on them.  Based on such propaganda, they have
+procured laws in most of the word to forbid copying in most (or
+sometimes all) circumstances.  (They are still pressuring to make
+these prohibitions more complete.)
+</p>
+<p>
+If you don't believe that copying not approved by the publisher is
+just like kidnapping and murder, you might prefer not to use the word
+&ldquo;piracy&rdquo; to describe it.  Neutral terms such as
+&ldquo;unauthorized copying&rdquo; (or &ldquo;prohibited
+copying&rdquo; for the situation where it is illegal) are available
+for use instead.  Some of us might even prefer to use a positive term
+such as &ldquo;sharing information with your neighbor.&rdquo;</p>
 
 
 <h4 id="PowerPoint">&ldquo;PowerPoint&rdquo;</h4>
@@ -637,7 +642,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/06/10 18:49:31 $
+$Date: 2008/09/18 13:06:05 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>