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List:       linux-elitists
Subject:    [linux-elitists] Framing and 'cyclopedias (was: Fwd: RFC: Freecell
From:       Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam () benfinney ! id ! au>
Date:       2009-03-21 0:59:14
Message-ID: 87ocvvitct.fsf_-_ () benfinney ! id ! au
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Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> writes:

> Wikipedia editors were willing to let "copyright protection
> technology" stand in quite a few places -- I converted a bunch of
> that weasel wording to "DRM" with a link to the relevant article,
> and hope it took.

Well, did it?

> There ought to be a huge posse of digital freedom lovers following
> "recent changes" to relevant articles, and converting "protect the
> content" to "restrict the user (or customer)" dagnabit.

Yup. I do my bit every time I see such an article: NPoV means
"protection" is controversial but "restriction" is only factual
description. That's my argument anyhow :-)

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Ben Finney

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