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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/dat.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/dat.html index 29ff7cb..dc1efe0 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/dat.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/dat.html @@ -1,20 +1,28 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays cultural funding" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>The Right Way to Tax DAT - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/dat.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>The Right Way to Tax DAT</h2> -<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard -Stallman</strong></a></p> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a></address> +<div class="infobox"> <p><em>[This article does not concern software, not directly. It concerns a parallel issue about sharing copies of music.]</em></p> -<p><em>[The article was first published in Wired magazine in 1992; the +<p><em>[The article was first published in <cite>Wired</cite> magazine in 1992; the text has not been changed; instead, I have added notes, in square brackets and with italics or other emphasis.]</em></p> @@ -29,6 +37,8 @@ assistance, which includes some of these ideas, is called the Global Patronage system (in French, Mécénat Global). I support both solutions; that is to say, I favor adopting either one.]</em></p> +</div> +<hr class="thin" /> <p>Record company magnates don't like the digital audio tape recorder (<abbr title="Digital Audio Tape">DAT</abbr>), which can make @@ -84,7 +94,7 @@ lawyer specializing in the field knows this is a misunderstanding, a view rejected by the American legal system.</p> <p>The stated purpose of copyright, given in the U.S. Constitution, is -to “promote the progress of science and the useful arts”. +to “promote the progress of science and the useful arts.” Progress in music means new and varied music for the public to enjoy: copyright is supposed to promote a public good, not a private one.</p> @@ -337,17 +347,18 @@ In order for this alternative, or any alternative, to have a chance, we must first prevent the hasty adoption of the record company plan. To help accomplish this, please write letters to:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>Congressman Barney Frank<br /> +<address> +Congressman Barney Frank<br /> 437 Cherry St<br /> -West Newton, MA 02165</p> -<p>Senator Metzenbaum<br /> +West Newton, MA 02165</address> +<address> +Senator Metzenbaum<br /> United States Senate<br /> -Washington, DC 20510</p> -<p>House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property<br /> +Washington, DC 20510</address> +<address> +House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property<br /> House of Representatives<br /> -Washington, DC 20515</p> -</blockquote> +Washington, DC 20515</address> <p>Urge Congress to reject the record company bill so that this and other alternatives can be properly considered. It takes just a few @@ -358,11 +369,12 @@ people's letters it can do a great deal of good.</p> copies of this article. Many musicians prefer this alternative to the record company tax plan, and they are strongly motivated to act on their concern.</p> +</div> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -380,17 +392,34 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations -README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> -<p>Copyright © 1992, 2010, 2014, 2020 Richard M. Stallman</p> +<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to + files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should + be under CC BY-ND 4.0. Please do NOT change or remove this + without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first. + Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the + document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the + document was modified, or published. + + If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too. + Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying + years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable + year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including + being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system). + + There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers + Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> + +<p>Copyright © 1992, 2009, 2010, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -400,10 +429,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/07/01 15:25:23 $ +$Date: 2021/10/01 17:02:54 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |