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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/public-domain-manifesto.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/public-domain-manifesto.html index 9d475d0..f3a1aad 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/public-domain-manifesto.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/public-domain-manifesto.html @@ -1,16 +1,24 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.90 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws copyright" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/public-domain-manifesto" /> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/public-domain-manifesto.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto</h2> -<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard M. Stallman</a></p> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a></address> -<p>The Public Domain Manifesto -(<a href="https://publicdomainmanifesto.org/manifesto/">https://publicdomainmanifesto.org/manifesto/</a>) +<p>The <a +href="https://publicdomainmanifesto.org/manifesto/">Public Domain Manifesto</a> has its heart in the right place as it objects to some of the unjust extensions of copyright power, so I wish I could support it. However, it falls far short of what is needed.</p> @@ -18,15 +26,16 @@ it falls far short of what is needed.</p> <p>Some flaws are at the level of implicit assumptions. The manifesto frequently uses <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">propaganda terms</a> of the copyright industry, such as -<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Protection">“copyright -protection”</a>. These terms were chosen to lead people to +“<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Protection">copyright +protection</a>.” These terms were chosen to lead people to sympathize with the copyright industry and its demands for power.</p> <p>The manifesto and its signatories use the term “intellectual -property”, which confuses the issue of copyright by lumping it +property,” which confuses the issue of copyright by lumping it together with a dozen other laws that have nothing significant in common. -(See <a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html</a> +(See “<a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">Did You Say +‘Intellectual Property’? It's a Seductive Mirage</a>” for more explanation about this point.) Ironically it uses the term first in a sentence which points out that this manifesto is concerned only with copyright law, not with those other laws. That is with good @@ -37,10 +46,11 @@ together.</p> <p>General Principle 2 repeats the common error that copyright should balance the public interest with “protecting and rewarding the -author”. This error interferes with proper judgment of any +author.” This error interferes with proper judgment of any copyright policy question, since that should be based on the public -interest. -<a href="/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html</a> +interest. “<a +href="/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html">Misinterpreting +Copyright—A Series of Errors</a>” explains this error and how to avoid it.</p> <p>It would be difficult to stand aside from a campaign for the right @@ -69,8 +79,8 @@ legitimizes most real DRM by omitting it from criticism.</p> calls for allowing “personal copying” of copyrighted works. Since it omits the issue of the freedom to share copies of published works with others, it fails to address the nastiest aspect -of copyright: the -vicious <a href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/war-on-sharing-riaa-lawsuits">War +of copyright: the vicious <a +href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/war-on-sharing-riaa-lawsuits">War on Sharing</a> that the entertainment companies are now waging.</p> <p>The demands and recommendations of the Public Domain Manifesto @@ -86,12 +96,13 @@ it. This is not enough.</p> <p>I ask the authors of the Public Domain Manifesto, and the public, to please join me in demanding the freedom to noncommercially share copies of all published works. Also please -join <a href="http://defectivebydesign.org">DefectiveByDesign.org</a> +join <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> and help our fight against DRM wherever it may be found.</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 @@ -109,13 +120,13 @@ 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> @@ -136,7 +147,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020 Richard Stallman</p> +<p>Copyright © 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 @@ -146,10 +157,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/07/01 15:25:23 $ +$Date: 2021/09/19 16:26:24 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |