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From: |
Jeanne Rasata |
Subject: |
www/philosophy misinterpreting-copyright.html |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:51:30 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Jeanne Rasata <jrasata> 15/12/31 19:51:30
Modified files:
philosophy : misinterpreting-copyright.html
Log message:
turned paragraph into footnote (RMS-approved change)
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.49&r2=1.50
Patches:
Index: misinterpreting-copyright.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html,v
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retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -b -r1.49 -r1.50
--- misinterpreting-copyright.html 2 Sep 2015 11:25:20 -0000 1.49
+++ misinterpreting-copyright.html 31 Dec 2015 19:51:29 -0000 1.50
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
to stand as shorthand for the idea of “striking a balance”
between the readers and the publishers. Therefore, to use the word
“balance” in regard to the readers' two interests would be
-confusing. We need another term.</p>
+confusing.<a href="#footnote1">[1]</a> We need another term.</p>
<p>
In general, when one party has two goals that partly conflict, and
cannot completely achieve both of them, we call this a
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@
speak of “finding the right trade-off between spending our
freedom and keeping it.”</p>
-<p>
-(Here
-is <a
href="http://www.juliansanchez.com/2011/02/04/the-trouble-with-balance-metaphors/">
-another critique of "balance"</a>.)</p>
-
<h3>The second error: maximizing one output</h3>
<p>
The second mistake in copyright policy consists of adopting the goal
@@ -443,7 +438,7 @@
The media companies are not satisfied yet. In 2001, Disney-funded
Senator Hollings proposed a bill called the “Security Systems
Standards and Certification Act”
-(SSSCA)<a href="#footnote1">[1]</a>, which would require all computers
+(SSSCA)<a href="#footnote1">[2]</a>, which would require all computers
(and other digital recording and playback devices) to have
government-mandated copy-restriction systems. That is their ultimate
goal, but the first item on their agenda is to prohibit any equipment
@@ -456,7 +451,7 @@
such as GNU Radio would be censored.</p>
<p>
To block these bills and rules requires political
-action.<a href="#footnote2">[2]</a></p>
+action.<a href="#footnote2">[3]</a></p>
<h3>Finding the right bargain</h3>
<p>
@@ -591,13 +586,20 @@
<h4>Footnotes</h4>
<ol>
<li>
-<a id="footnote1"></a>Since renamed to the unpronounceable CBDTPA,
+<a id="footnote1"></a>See Julian Sanchezâs
+article <a
href="http://www.juliansanchez.com/2011/02/04/the-trouble-with-balance-metaphors/">“The
+Trouble with ‘Balance’ Metaphors”</a> for an
+examination of “how the analogy between sound judgment and
+balancing weights may constrain our thinking in unhealthy
+ways.”</li>
+<li>
+<a id="footnote2"></a>Since renamed to the unpronounceable CBDTPA,
for which a good mnemonic is “Consume, But Don't Try
Programming Anything,” but it really stands for the
“Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion
Act.”</li>
<li>
-<a id="footnote2"></a>If you would like to help, I recommend the Web
+<a id="footnote3"></a>If you would like to help, I recommend the Web
sites <a href="http://defectivebydesign.org">DefectiveByDesign.org</a>,
<a href="http://publicknowledge.org">publicknowledge.org</a>
and <a href="http://www.eff.org">www.eff.org</a>.</li>
@@ -666,7 +668,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/09/02 11:25:20 $
+$Date: 2015/12/31 19:51:29 $
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</p>
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