www/philosophy ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html

[Pavel Kharitonov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       12/05/11 05:11:05

Modified files:
        philosophy     : ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html 

Log message:
        Use &ldquo;, &rdquo; and &mdash;.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4

Patches:
Index: ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html,v
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--- ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html   11 May 2012 04:51:31 -0000      1.3
+++ ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html   11 May 2012 05:10:43 -0000      1.4
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
 too. I have lent it out at least six times over the years. Printed
 books let us do that.</p>
 
-<p>I couldn't do that with most commercial e-books. It's "not allowed".
+<p>I couldn't do that with most commercial e-books. It's &ldquo;not 
allowed&rdquo;.
 And if I tried to disobey, the software in e-readers has malicious
 features called Digital Restrictions Management or DRM to restrict reading,
 so it simply won't work. The e-books are encrypted so only that
 malicious software can display them.</p>
 
-<p>Many other habits that we readers are accustomed to are "not
-allowed" for e-books. With the Amazon "Kindle", to take one example,
-users can't buy a book anonymously with cash. "Kindle" books are
+<p>Many other habits that we readers are accustomed to are &ldquo;not
+allowed&rdquo; for e-books. With the Amazon &ldquo;Kindle&rdquo;, to take one 
example,
+users can't buy a book anonymously with cash. &ldquo;Kindle&rdquo; books are
 typically available from Amazon only, and Amazon makes users identify
 themselves. Thus, Amazon knows exactly which books each user has
 read. In a country such as the UK, where you can be <a
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
 End User License Agreement which says so.</p>
 
 <p>You can't even be sure it will still be in your machine tomorrow.
-People reading 1984 in the "Kindle" had an Orwellian experience: their
+People reading 1984 in the &ldquo;Kindle&rdquo; had an Orwellian experience: 
their
 e-books vanished right before their eyes, as Amazon used a malicious
-software feature called a "back door" to remotely delete them
-(virtual book-burning; is that what "Kindle" means?). But don't worry,
+software feature called a &ldquo;back door&rdquo; to remotely delete them
+(virtual book-burning; is that what &ldquo;Kindle&rdquo; means?). But don't 
worry,
 Amazon promised never to do this again, except by order of the state.</p>
 
 <p>With software, either the users control the program (making such software <a
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 the other e-book dealers' policies are roughly similar.</p>
 
 <p>What worries me most is the prospect of losing the option of printed
-books. The Guardian has announced "digital-only reads": in other
+books. The Guardian has announced &ldquo;digital-only reads&rdquo;: in other
 words, books available only at the price of freedom. I will not read
 any book at that price. Five years from now, will unauthorized copies
 be the only ethically acceptable copies for most books?</p>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 <p>It doesn't have to be that way. With anonymous payment on the
 Internet, paying for downloads of non-DRM non-EULA e-books would
 respect our freedom. Physical stores could sell such e-books for
-cash, like digital music on CDs -- still available even though the
+cash, like digital music on CDs&mdash;still available even though the
 music industry is aggressively pushing DRM-restrictive services such
 as Spotify. Physical CD stores face the burden of an expensive
 inventory, but physical e-book stores could write copies onto your USB
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 
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