www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/11/14 00:17:32

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

Log message:
        Suggest alternatives for "content".  Minor clarifications.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.191&r2=1.192

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.191
retrieving revision 1.192
diff -u -b -r1.191 -r1.192
--- words-to-avoid.html 4 Aug 2014 22:08:13 -0000       1.191
+++ words-to-avoid.html 14 Nov 2014 00:17:32 -0000      1.192
@@ -331,17 +331,20 @@
 noun to describe written and other works of authorship adopts an
 attitude you might rather avoid.  It regards these works as a
 commodity whose purpose is to fill a box and make money.  In effect,
-it disparages the works themselves.</p>
+it disparages the works themselves.  If you don't agree with that
+attitude, you can call them &ldquo;works&rdquo; or &ldquo;publications.&rdquo;
+</p>
 <p>
-Those who use this term are often the publishers that push for
-increased copyright power in the name of the authors
+Those who use the term &ldquo;content&rdquo; are often the publishers
+that push for increased copyright power in the name of the authors
 (&ldquo;creators,&rdquo; as they say) of the works.  The term
-&ldquo;content&rdquo; reveals their real attitude towards these works and 
their authors.
+&ldquo;content&rdquo; reveals their real attitude towards these works
+and their authors.
 (See <a 
href="http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/print.html";>Courtney
 Love's open letter to Steve Case</a> and search for &ldquo;content
 provider&rdquo; in that page.  Alas, Ms. Love is unaware that the term
-&ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo; is also <a href="#IntellectualProperty">
-biased and confusing</a>.)</p>
+&ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo; is
+also <a href="#IntellectualProperty"> biased and confusing</a>.)</p>
 <p>
 However, as long as other people use the term &ldquo;content
 provider,&rdquo; political dissidents can well call themselves
@@ -976,7 +979,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/08/04 22:08:13 $
+$Date: 2014/11/14 00:17:32 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>