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The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story"><meta name="resource-type" content="document"><meta name="distribution" content="global"><meta name="Generator" content="texi2html 1.82"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><style type="text/css"> <!-- a.summary-letter {text-decoration: none} blockquote.smallquotation {font-size: smaller} @@ -55,41 +43,35 @@ span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal;} span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal;} ul.toc {list-style: none} --> -</style> -<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css"> - - -</head> - -<body lang="en" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000"> +</style><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css"></head><body lang="en" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000"> <a name="Right-to-Read"></a> -<header><div id="logo"><img src="../gnu.svg" height="100" width="100"></div><h1>Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.</h1></header><section id="main"><a name="The-Right-to-Read_003a-A-Dystopian-Short-Story"></a> -<h1 class="chapter"> 17. The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story </h1> +<header><div id="logo"><a href="/"><img src="../gnu.svg" height="100" width="100"></a></div><h1>Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.</h1></header><section id="main"><a name="The-Right-to-Read_003a-A-Dystopian-Short-Story"></a> +<h1 class="chapter"> 17. The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story </h1> <a name="index-_0060_0060Right-to-Read_003a-A-Dystopian-Short-Story_0027_0027-_0028see-also-DMCA_002c-DRM_002c-fair-use_002c-and-libraries_0029"></a> <p><em>From <cite><span class="roman">The Road to Tycho,</span></cite> a collection of articles about the antecedents of the Lunarian Revolution, published in Luna City in 2096.</em> <br> -For Dan Halbert, the road to Tycho began in college—when Lissa +For Dan Halbert, the road to Tycho began in college—when Lissa Lenz asked to borrow his computer. Hers had broken down, and unless she could borrow another, she would fail her midterm project. There was no one she dared ask, except Dan. </p> -<p>This put Dan in a dilemma. He had to help her—but if he lent +<p>This put Dan in a dilemma. He had to help her—but if he lent her his computer, she might read his books. Aside from the fact that you could go to prison for many years for letting someone else read your books, the very idea shocked him at first. Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and -wrong—something that only pirates would do. +wrong—something that only pirates would do. </p> -<p>And there wasn’t much chance that the SPA—the Software -Protection Authority—would fail to catch him. In his software +<p>And there wasn’t much chance that the SPA—the Software +Protection Authority—would fail to catch him. In his software class, Dan had learned that each book had a copyright monitor that reported when and where it was read, and by whom, to Central Licensing. (They used this information to catch reading pirates, but also to sell personal interest profiles to retailers.) The next time his computer was networked, Central Licensing would find out. He, as -computer owner, would receive the harshest punishment—for not +computer owner, would receive the harshest punishment—for not taking pains to prevent the crime. </p> @@ -125,7 +107,7 @@ debugging tools. There were even free debugging tools available on CD or downloadable over the net. But ordinary users started using them to bypass copyright monitors, and eventually a judge ruled that this had become their principal use in actual practice. This meant they -were illegal; the debuggers’ developers were sent to prison. +were illegal; the debuggers’ developers were sent to prison. </p> <p>Programmers still needed debugging tools, of course, but debugger @@ -139,19 +121,19 @@ used only for class exercises. modified system kernel. Dan would eventually find out about the free kernels, even entire free operating systems, that had existed around the turn of the century. But not only were they illegal, like -debuggers—you could not install one if you had one, without -knowing your computer’s root password. And neither +debuggers—you could not install one if you had one, without +knowing your computer’s root password. And neither the FBI nor Microsoft Support would tell you that. </p> -<p>Dan concluded that he couldn’t simply lend Lissa his computer. But he -couldn’t refuse to help her, because he loved her. Every chance to +<p>Dan concluded that he couldn’t simply lend Lissa his computer. But he +couldn’t refuse to help her, because he loved her. Every chance to speak with her filled him with delight. And that she chose him to ask for help, that could mean she loved him too. </p> <p>Dan resolved the dilemma by doing something even more -unthinkable—he lent her the computer, and told her his password. +unthinkable—he lent her the computer, and told her his password. This way, if Lissa read his books, Central Licensing would think he was reading them. It was still a crime, but the SPA would not automatically find out about it. They would only find out if Lissa @@ -161,15 +143,15 @@ reported him. <p>Of course, if the school ever found out that he had given Lissa his own password, it would be curtains for both of them as students, regardless of what she had used it for. School policy was that any -interference with their means of monitoring students’ computer use was -grounds for disciplinary action. It didn’t matter whether you did -anything harmful—the offense was making it hard for the +interference with their means of monitoring students’ computer use was +grounds for disciplinary action. It didn’t matter whether you did +anything harmful—the offense was making it hard for the administrators to check on you. They assumed this meant you were doing something else forbidden, and they did not need to know what it was. </p> -<p>Students were not usually expelled for this—not directly. +<p>Students were not usually expelled for this—not directly. Instead they were banned from the school computer systems, and would inevitably fail all their classes. </p> @@ -227,8 +209,8 @@ shows a long-term trend: computer systems are increasingly set up to give absentees with clout control over the people actually using the computer system. The SSSCA was later renamed to the unpronounceable <a name="index-Consumer-Broadband-and-Digital-Television-Promotion-Act-_0028CBDTPA_0029-1"></a> -CBDTPA, which was glossed as the “Consume But Don’t Try -Programming Act.” +CBDTPA, which was glossed as the “Consume But Don’t Try +Programming Act.” </p> <p>The Republicans took control of the US senate shortly thereafter. They are less tied to @@ -262,7 +244,7 @@ as <a name="index-Australia"></a> Australia and <a name="index-Mexico"></a> -Mexico through bilateral “free trade” +Mexico through bilateral “free trade” agreements, and on countries such as <a name="index-Costa-Rica"></a> Costa Rica through another @@ -270,10 +252,10 @@ treaty, <a name="index-CAFTA"></a> CAFTA. <a name="index-Ecuador"></a> -Ecuador’s President +Ecuador’s President <a name="index-Correa_002c-President-Rafael"></a> Correa refused to sign a -“free trade” agreement with the US, but I’ve heard Ecuador +“free trade” agreement with the US, but I’ve heard Ecuador had adopted something like the DMCA in 2003. </p> <a name="index-Microsoft_002c-control-over-users"></a> @@ -286,13 +268,13 @@ them. </p> <p>The proponents of this scheme have given it names such as <a name="index-_0060_0060trusted-computing_002c_0027_0027-avoid-use-of-term-_0028see-also-treacherous-computing_0029-1"></a> -“trusted computing” and +“trusted computing” and <a name="index-Palladium"></a> -“Palladium.” We call +“Palladium.” We call it <a name="index-treacherous-computing-1"></a> -“treacherous -computing” because the effect is to make your computer obey +“treacherous +computing” because the effect is to make your computer obey companies even to the extent of disobeying and defying you. This was implemented in 2007 as part of <a name="index-Windows_002c-Vista"></a> @@ -314,8 +296,8 @@ the user can do on his own computer. <p>Vista also gives Microsoft additional powers; for instance, Microsoft can forcibly install upgrades, and it can order all machines running Vista to refuse to run a certain device driver. The main purpose of -Vista’s many restrictions is to impose DRM (Digital Restrictions -Management) that users can’t overcome. The threat of DRM is why we +Vista’s many restrictions is to impose DRM (Digital Restrictions +Management) that users can’t overcome. The threat of DRM is why we have established the <a name="index-Defective-by-Design-_0028see-also-DRM_0029-1"></a> Defective by Design campaign. @@ -375,24 +357,19 @@ everyone to agree, in advance, to waive their rights under it. <a name="References"></a> <h3 class="subheading"> References </h3> -<ul> -<li> +<ul><li> United States Patent and Trademark Office, <cite>Intellectual Property [<em>sic</em>] and the National Information Infrastructure: The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property [<em>sic</em>] Rights,</cite> Washington, DC: GPO, 1995. </li><li> -Samuelson, Pamela, “The Copyright Grab,” <em>Wired,</em> January 1996, n. 4.01. +Samuelson, Pamela, “The Copyright Grab,” <em>Wired,</em> January 1996, n. 4.01. </li><li> -Boyle, James, “Sold Out,” <em>New York Times,</em> 31 March 1996, sec. 4, p. 15. +Boyle, James, “Sold Out,” <em>New York Times,</em> 31 March 1996, sec. 4, p. 15. </li><li> -Editorial, <em>Washington Post,</em> “Public Data or Private Data,” 3 November 1996, sec. C, p. 6. +Editorial, <em>Washington Post,</em> “Public Data or Private Data,” 3 November 1996, sec. C, p. 6. </li><li> -Union for the Public Domain—an organization that aims to resist and reverse the overextension of copyright and patent powers. - -</li></ul> +Union for the Public Domain—an organization that aims to resist and reverse the overextension of copyright and patent powers. -<hr size="2"> -</body> -</html> +</li></ul><hr size="2"></section></body></html> |