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@@ -201,34 +201,45 @@
<p>
"Consumare" è un verbo che richiama il cibo: lo ingeriamo e, appunto, lo
consumiamo. Per analogia, usiamo la stessa parola in altri contesti. Ma non
-è corretto utilizzarla quando si parla di "consumare" informazione digitale,
-musica o software, perché in quesi casi l'utilizzo non implica il
-"consumo". Si veda anche il paragrafo seguente.</p>
+è corretto utilizzarla quando si parla di "consumare" informazione, musica,
+libri o software, perché in questi casi l'utilizzo non implica il
"consumo".</p>
+
+<p>Perché questo errato utilizzo si diffonde sempre più? Forse qualcuno pensa
+di apparire più colto se usa termini di moda tratti dal gergo degli
+economisti, ma in questo modo finisce per usare termini inappropriati per
+l'attività di cui sta parlando. Vedere anche la voce seguente.</p>
<h4 id="Consumer">“Consumatore”</h4>
<p>
Il termine "consumatore", quando viene utilizzato per riferirsi ad utenti
-di computer, porta con sé delle implicazioni infelici.</p>
+di computer, porta con sé delle implicazioni infelici. Ascoltare musica o
+eseguire un programma non "consuma" quella musica o quel programma.</p>
<p>
-I termini "produttore" e "consumatore" vengono dalla teoria economica, e ne
-ereditano la prospettiva limitata e le assunzioni errate, che deformano il
-modo di pensare.</p>
-<p>
-Inoltre definire gli utenti di software come "consumatori" presume un ruolo
-limitato per loro: li tratta come un gregge di pecore che pascolano
-passivamente su ciò che altri rendono disponibile per loro.</p>
-<p>
-Questo tipo di mentalità porta a farse come il CBDTPA "Consumer Broadband
-and Digital Television Promotion Act" che proponeva di richiedere
-dispositivi di restrizione sulla copia in ogni dispositivo digitale. Se ciò
-che gli utenti fanno è "consumare", allora perché dovrebbero
preoccuparsi?</p>
+I termini "produttore" e "consumatore" sono termini tecnici usati dagli
+economisti nell'ambito dei beni materiali. Usarli produce l'effetto di fare
+pensare ai dati digitali (che sono facili da replicare) come se fossero beni
+materiali (che non sono facili da replicare). Ovviamente questo errore è
+esattamente quello che gli sviluppatori di software proprietario vogliono
+diffondere.</p>
+<p>
+Tra l'altro, descrivere gli utenti di software come "consumatori" li fa
+passare per individui che possono solamente scegliere i "prodotti"
+disponibili sul mercato, ed elimina il concetto che gli utenti possano
+esercitare controllo sul software che utilizzano.</p>
+<p>
+La restrizione mentale associata ai "consumatori" porta a insulti come il
+CBDTPA "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act" che
+proponeva di richiedere la <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org/";>gestione
+digitale delle restrizioni (DRM)</a> in ogni dispositivo digitale. Se ciò
+che gli utenti fanno è "consumare", perché dovrebbero opporsi?</p>
<p>
Il limitato punto di vista economico che considera gli utenti come
"consumatori" tende ad andare di pari passo con l'idea che le opere
pubblicate siano<a href="#Content">“contenuto”</a>.</p>
<p>
Per descrivere chi non si limita ad un consumo passivo con il proprio
-computer, suggeriamo termini come "individui" e "cittadini".</p>
+computer, suggeriamo termini come "individui" e "cittadini", non
+"consumatori".</p>
<h4 id="Content">“Contenuto”</h4>
@@ -322,15 +333,17 @@
<h4 id="DigitalRightsManagement">“Digital Rights Management (Gestione
digitale dei diritti)”</h4>
<p>
Il software per il "Digital Rights Management" (Gestione digitale dei
-diritti) in realtà è progettato per imporre restrizioni agli utenti di
-computer. Il ricorso al termine "diritti" in questo contesto è pura
-propaganda, mirata a farci considerare inconsciamente la questione dal
-punto di vista dei pochi che impongono tali restrizioni, ignorando al
+diritti, abbreviato DRM) in realtà è progettato per imporre restrizioni
+agli utenti di computer. Il ricorso al termine "diritti" in questo contesto
+è pura propaganda, mirata a farci considerare inconsciamente la questione
+dal punto di vista dei pochi che impongono tali restrizioni, ignorando al
contempo quella dei molti a cui le restrizioni vengono imposte.</p>
<p>
Buone alternative sono espressioni quali "Digital Restrictions Management"
(Gestione digitale delle restrizioni) e "manette digitali".</p>
-
+<p>
+Partecipate alla nostra <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org/";> campagna
+per abolire DRM</a>.</p>
<h4 id="Ecosystem">“Ecosistema”</h4>
<p>
@@ -521,11 +534,10 @@
supportano il codec brevettato MP3, e alcuni supportano i codec non
brevettati Ogg Vorbis e FLAC, e potrebbero anche non supportare i file MP3,
proprio per evitare problemi di brevetti. Chiamare “MP3 player”
-un dispositivo del genere non solo fa confusione, ma mette il formato MP3 in
-un'immeritata posizione di privilegio che incoraggia la gente a utilizzare
-quel problematico formato. Suggeriamo il termine “riproduttore audio
-digitale” o semplicamente “riproduttore audio” se adatto
-al contesto.</p>
+un dispositivo del genere non solo fa confusione, ma privilegia il formato
+MP3, che invece è un formato da rifiutare. Suggeriamo il termine
+“riproduttore audio digitale” o semplicamente
+“riproduttore audio” se adatto al contesto.</p>
<h4 id="Open">“Aperto”</h4>
@@ -791,7 +803,7 @@
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+$Date: 2013/05/03 20:58:09 $
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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
<h4 id="Alternative">“Alternative”</h4>
<p>
-We don't present free software as an “alternative”, because it
+We don't present free software as an “alternative,” because it
presents a goal of having free software alongside proprietary
software. That presupposes that proprietary software is
legitimate.</p>
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@
<h4 id="Closed">“Closed”</h4>
<p>
Describing nonfree software as “closed” clearly refers to
-the term “open source”. In the free software movement,
+the term “open source.” In the free software movement,
<a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html"> we do not want to
be confused with the open source camp</a>, so we
are careful to avoid saying things that would encourage people to lump us in
with them. For instance, we avoid describing nonfree software as
-“closed”. We call it “nonfree” or
+“closed.” We call it “nonfree” or
<a href="/philosophy/categories.html#ProprietarySoftware">
“proprietary”</a>.</p>
@@ -239,29 +239,39 @@
“Consume” refers to what we do with food: we ingest it, and use it
in
a way that uses it up. By analogy, we employ the same word to describe
using other things in a way that uses them up. However, it is
-erroneous to speak of “consuming” digital information, music,
-software, etc., since using them does not consume them. See also the
-following entry.</p>
+erroneous to speak of “consuming” information, music, books,
+software, etc., since using them does not use them up.</p>
+
+<p>Why is this perverse usage spreading? Perhaps people feel that
+they will sound sophisticated by using a fashionable term from
+economics. However, the economics they cite is inappropriate for the
+activity they are talking about. See the following entry.</p>
<h4 id="Consumer">“Consumer”</h4>
<p>
-The term “consumer,” when used to refer to the users of computing,
-is loaded with assumptions we should reject. Playing a digital
+The term “consumer,” when used to refer to the users of
+computing, is loaded with assumptions we should reject. Playing a
recording, or running a program, does not consume it.</p>
<p>
The terms “producer” and “consumer” come from
-economic theory, and bring with them its narrow perspective and
-misguided assumptions. These tend to warp your thinking.</p>
-<p>
-In addition, describing the users of software as “consumers”
-presumes a narrow role for them: it regards them as sheep that
-passively graze on what others make available to them.</p>
-<p>
-This kind of thinking leads to travesties such as the CBDTPA
-(“Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act”)
-which proposed to require copying restriction facilities in every digital
-device. If all the users do is “consume,” then why should
-they mind?</p>
+economics and its treatment of material products. Thus, using them
+leads people to mistakenly apply to copiable digital data all that
+they know about the economics of uncopiable material products. Of
+course, this error is exactly the one proprietary software developers
+want people to make.</p>
+<p>
+In addition, describing the users of software as
+“consumers” presumes they are limited to helplessly
+selecting from whatever “products” are available in the
+“market.” There is no room in this mind-set for the idea
+that users can exercise control over the software they use.</p>
+<p>
+The limited thinking associated with “consumers” leads to
+outrages such as the CBDTPA (“Consumer Broadband and Digital
+Television Promotion Act”) which proposed to
+require <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org/";>Digital Restrictions
+Management (DRM)</a> facilities in every digital device. If all the
+users do is “consume,” why should they object?</p>
<p>
The shallow economic conception of users as “consumers” tends
to go hand in hand with the idea that published works are mere
@@ -269,7 +279,7 @@
<p>
To describe people who are not limited to passive use of works, we
suggest terms such as “individuals” and
-“citizens”.</p>
+“citizens” — not “consumers.”</p>
<h4 id="Content">“Content”</h4>
@@ -292,8 +302,8 @@
biased and confusing</a>.)</p>
<p>
However, as long as other people use the term “content
-provider”, political dissidents can well call themselves
-“malcontent providers”.</p>
+provider,” political dissidents can well call themselves
+“malcontent providers.”</p>
<p>
The term “content management” takes the prize for vacuity.
“Content” means “some sort of information,”
@@ -345,8 +355,8 @@
<p>
DRM is like a lock placed on you by someone else, who refuses to
give you the key—in other words, like handcuffs. Therefore,
-we call them “digital handcuffs”, not “digital
-locks”.</p>
+we call them “digital handcuffs,” not “digital
+locks.”</p>
<p>
A number of opposition campaigns have chosen the unwise term
“digital locks”; to get things back on the right track, we
@@ -358,16 +368,19 @@
<h4 id="DigitalRightsManagement">“Digital Rights Management”</h4>
<p>
-“Digital Rights Management” refers to technical schemes
-designed to impose restrictions on computer users. The use of the
-word “rights” in this term is propaganda, designed to lead
-you unawares into seeing the issue from the viewpoint of the few that
+“Digital Rights Management” (abbreviated
+“DRM”) refers to technical mechanisms designed to impose
+restrictions on computer users. The use of the word
+“rights” in this term is propaganda, designed to lead you
+unawares into seeing the issue from the viewpoint of the few that
impose the restrictions, and ignoring that of the general public on
whom these restrictions are imposed.</p>
<p>
Good alternatives include “Digital Restrictions
Management,” and “digital handcuffs.”</p>
-
+<p>
+Please sign up to support our <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org/";>
+campaign to abolish DRM</a>.</p>
<h4 id="Ecosystem">“Ecosystem”</h4>
<p>
@@ -548,7 +561,7 @@
<h4 id="Monetize">“Monetize”</h4>
<p>
The natural meaning of “monetize” is “convert into
-money”. If you make something and then convert it into money,
+money.” If you make something and then convert it into money,
that means there is nothing left except money, so nobody but you has
gained anything, and you contribute nothing to the world.</p>
<p>
@@ -564,8 +577,7 @@
all. Some support the patent-free audio codecs Ogg Vorbis and FLAC,
and may not even support MP3-encoded files at all, precisely to avoid
these patents. To call such players “MP3 players” is not
-only confusing, it also puts MP3 in an undeserved position of
-privilege which encourages people to continue using that vulnerable format.
+only confusing, it also privileges the MP3 that we ought to reject.
We suggest the terms “digital audio player,”
or simply “audio player” if context permits.</p>
@@ -573,7 +585,7 @@
<h4 id="Open">“Open”</h4>
<p>
Please avoid using the term “open” or “open
-source” as a substitute for “free software”. Those terms
+source” as a substitute for “free software.” Those terms
refer to a <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
different position</a> based on different values. Free software is
a political movement; open source is a development model.
@@ -813,7 +825,7 @@
<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/04/02 12:00:47 $
+$Date: 2013/05/03 20:58:10 $
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</p>
</div>
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@@ -117,15 +116,7 @@
msgid "“Alternative”"
msgstr "“Alternativa”"
-# | We don't present free software as an [-“alternative”,-]
-# | {+“alternative,”+} because it presents a goal of having free
-# | software alongside proprietary software. That presupposes that
-# | proprietary software is legitimate.
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-#| "We don't present free software as an “alternative”, because "
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msgid ""
"We don't present free software as an “alternative,” because it "
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@@ -179,27 +170,7 @@
msgid "“Closed”"
msgstr "“Chiuso”"
-# | Describing nonfree software as “closed” clearly refers to the
-# | term “open [-source”.-] {+source.”+} In the free
-# | software movement, <a
-# | href=\"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html\"> we do not want to
-# | be confused with the open source camp</a>, so we are careful to avoid
-# | saying things that would encourage people to lump us in with them. For
-# | instance, we avoid describing nonfree software as
-# | [-“closed”.-] {+“closed.”+} We call it
-# | “nonfree” or <a
-# | href=\"/philosophy/categories.html#ProprietarySoftware\">
-# | “proprietary”</a>.
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-#| msgid ""
-#| "Describing nonfree software as “closed” clearly refers to the "
-#| "term “open source”. In the free software movement, <a href="
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-#| "confused with the open source camp</a>, so we are careful to avoid saying "
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-#| "instance, we avoid describing nonfree software as “closed”. "
-#| "We call it “nonfree” or <a href=\"/philosophy/categories."
-#| "html#ProprietarySoftware\"> “proprietary”</a>."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"Describing nonfree software as “closed” clearly refers to the "
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@@ -412,20 +383,7 @@
msgid "“Consume”"
msgstr "“Consumare”"
-# | “Consume” refers to what we do with food: we ingest it, and
-# | use it in a way that uses it up. By analogy, we employ the same word to
-# | describe using other things in a way that uses them up. However, it is
-# | erroneous to speak of “consuming” [-digital-] information,
-# | music, {+books,+} software, etc., since using them does not [-consume
-# | them. See also the following entry.-] {+use them up.+}
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "“Consume” refers to what we do with food: we ingest it, and "
-#| "use it in a way that uses it up. By analogy, we employ the same word to "
-#| "describe using other things in a way that uses them up. However, it is "
-#| "erroneous to speak of “consuming” digital information, music, "
-#| "software, etc., since using them does not consume them. See also the "
-#| "following entry."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"“Consume” refers to what we do with food: we ingest it, and use "
"it in a way that uses it up. By analogy, we employ the same word to "
@@ -455,14 +413,7 @@
msgid "“Consumer”"
msgstr "“Consumatore”"
-# | The term “consumer,” when used to refer to the users of
-# | computing, is loaded with assumptions we should reject. Playing a
-# | [-digital-] recording, or running a program, does not consume it.
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "The term “consumer,” when used to refer to the users of "
-#| "computing, is loaded with assumptions we should reject. Playing a "
-#| "digital recording, or running a program, does not consume it."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"The term “consumer,” when used to refer to the users of "
"computing, is loaded with assumptions we should reject. Playing a "
@@ -500,20 +451,7 @@
"disponibili sul mercato, ed elimina il concetto che gli utenti possano "
"esercitare controllo sul software che utilizzano."
-# | [-This kind of-]{+The limited+} thinking {+associated with
-# | “consumers”+} leads to [-travesties-] {+outrages+} such as the
-# | CBDTPA (“Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion
-# | Act”) which proposed to require [-copying restriction-] {+<a
-# | href=\"http://DefectiveByDesign.org/\";>Digital Restrictions Management
-# | (DRM)</a>+} facilities in every digital device. If all the users do is
-# | “consume,” [-then-] why should they [-mind?-] {+object?+}
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "This kind of thinking leads to travesties such as the CBDTPA (“"
-#| "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act”) which "
-#| "proposed to require copying restriction facilities in every digital "
-#| "device. If all the users do is “consume,” then why should "
-#| "they mind?"
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"The limited thinking associated with “consumers” leads to "
"outrages such as the CBDTPA (“Consumer Broadband and Digital "
@@ -539,14 +477,7 @@
"\"consumatori\" tende ad andare di pari passo con l'idea che le opere "
"pubblicate siano<a href=\"#Content\">“contenuto”</a>."
-# | To describe people who are not limited to passive use of works, we suggest
-# | terms such as “individuals” and [-“citizens”.-]
-# | {+“citizens” — not “consumers.”+}
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "To describe people who are not limited to passive use of works, we "
-#| "suggest terms such as “individuals” and “"
-#| "citizens”."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"To describe people who are not limited to passive use of works, we suggest "
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@@ -598,15 +529,7 @@
"property”, \"proprietà intellettuale\", è <a href="
"\"#IntellectualProperty\"> da evitare</a>."
-# | However, as long as other people use the term “content
-# | [-provider”,-] {+provider,”+} political dissidents can well
-# | call themselves “malcontent [-providers”.-]
-# | {+providers.”+}
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "However, as long as other people use the term “content "
-#| "provider”, political dissidents can well call themselves “"
-#| "malcontent providers”."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"However, as long as other people use the term “content provider,"
"” political dissidents can well call themselves “malcontent "
@@ -716,15 +639,7 @@
"utili o inutili, certamente non sono opprimenti: li possiamo aprire e "
"chiudere."
-# | DRM is like a lock placed on you by someone else, who refuses to give you
-# | the key—in other words, like handcuffs. Therefore, we call them
-# | “digital [-handcuffs”,-] {+handcuffs,”+} not
-# | “digital [-locks”.-] {+locks.”+}
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "DRM is like a lock placed on you by someone else, who refuses to give you "
-#| "the key—in other words, like handcuffs. Therefore, we call them "
-#| "“digital handcuffs”, not “digital locks”."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"DRM is like a lock placed on you by someone else, who refuses to give you "
"the key—in other words, like handcuffs. Therefore, we call them "
@@ -756,21 +671,7 @@
msgstr ""
"“Digital Rights Management (Gestione digitale dei diritti)”"
-# | “Digital Rights Management” {+(abbreviated
-# | “DRM”)+} refers to technical [-schemes-] {+mechanisms+}
-# | designed to impose restrictions on computer users. The use of the word
-# | “rights” in this term is propaganda, designed to lead you
-# | unawares into seeing the issue from the viewpoint of the few that impose
-# | the restrictions, and ignoring that of the general public on whom these
-# | restrictions are imposed.
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-#| "unawares into seeing the issue from the viewpoint of the few that impose "
-#| "the restrictions, and ignoring that of the general public on whom these "
-#| "restrictions are imposed."
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msgid ""
"“Digital Rights Management” (abbreviated “DRM”) "
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@@ -1147,16 +1048,7 @@
msgid "“Monetize”"
msgstr "“Monetizzare”"
-# | The natural meaning of “monetize” is “convert into
-# | [-money”.-] {+money.”+} If you make something and then convert
-# | it into money, that means there is nothing left except money, so nobody
-# | but you has gained anything, and you contribute nothing to the world.
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "The natural meaning of “monetize” is “convert into "
-#| "money”. If you make something and then convert it into money, that "
-#| "means there is nothing left except money, so nobody but you has gained "
-#| "anything, and you contribute nothing to the world."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"The natural meaning of “monetize” is “convert into money."
"” If you make something and then convert it into money, that means "
@@ -1180,26 +1072,7 @@
msgid "“MP3 Player”"
msgstr "“MP3 Player”"
-# | In the late 1990s it became feasible to make portable, solid-state digital
-# | audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not all. Some
-# | support the patent-free audio codecs Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, and may not even
-# | support MP3-encoded files at all, precisely to avoid these patents. To
-# | call such players “MP3 players” is not only confusing, it also
-# | [-puts-] {+privileges the+} MP3 [-in an undeserved position of privilege
-# | which encourages people to continue using-] that [-vulnerable format.-]
-# | {+we ought to reject.+} We suggest the terms “digital audio
-# | player,” or simply “audio player” if context permits.
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "In the late 1990s it became feasible to make portable, solid-state "
-#| "digital audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not all. "
-#| "Some support the patent-free audio codecs Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, and may "
-#| "not even support MP3-encoded files at all, precisely to avoid these "
-#| "patents. To call such players “MP3 players” is not only "
-#| "confusing, it also puts MP3 in an undeserved position of privilege which "
-#| "encourages people to continue using that vulnerable format. We suggest "
-#| "the terms “digital audio player,” or simply “audio "
-#| "player” if context permits."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"In the late 1990s it became feasible to make portable, solid-state digital "
"audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not all. Some "
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msgid "“Open”"
msgstr "“Aperto”"
-# | Please avoid using the term “open” or “open
-# | source” as a substitute for “free [-software”.-]
-# | {+software.”+} Those terms refer to a <a
-# | href=\"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html\"> different
-# | position</a> based on different values. Free software is a political
-# | movement; open source is a development model. When referring to the open
-# | source position, using its name is appropriate; but please do not use it
-# | to label us or our work—that leads people to think we share those
-# | views.
-#. type: Content of: <p>
-#| msgid ""
-#| "Please avoid using the term “open” or “open "
-#| "source” as a substitute for “free software”. Those "
-#| "terms refer to a <a href=\"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html"
-#| "\"> different position</a> based on different values. Free software is a "
-#| "political movement; open source is a development model. When referring "
-#| "to the open source position, using its name is appropriate; but please do "
-#| "not use it to label us or our work—that leads people to think we "
-#| "share those views."
+#. type: Content of: <p>
msgid ""
"Please avoid using the term “open” or “open source” "
"as a substitute for “free software.” Those terms refer to a <a "
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