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But from "fewer rights" it's a pretty big semantic leap to "attacking our freedom". Unless you're some kind of absolutist, which I understand Stallman to be.
by jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
But from "fewer rights" it's a pretty big semantic leap to "attacking our freedom". Unless you're some kind of absolutist, which I understand Stallman to be.
- aw3c2 15y agoI think the slow degrade of our freedom is meant. It is not an aggressive full-blown aggressive attack which we would probably oppose boldly, but a slowly creeping loss of rights and possibilities that people accept because "ah, I can live with THAT". It is hard to give a good title to that process so "attacking our freedom" sounds out of place.
- hugh3 15y agoBut you don't have any fewer rights than you did before! Want to buy a physical book and lend it to your friend? Go buy it! Don't want to buy an ebook under the terms and conditions which apply to ebooks? Don't buy any damn ebooks! I'd be out there complaining if actual capabilities were being taken away from me, but they aren't. Ebooks are a new class of product, and they work under slightly different rules from physical books.
- aw3c2 15y agoThe market might shift towards DRM'd ebooks. Just look at the PC gaming market. Most big games nowadays come with DRM.