The Right to Read

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"The Right to Read" is a short story by Richard Stallman that warns about the dangers of restrictive digital rights management and the loss of freedoms in a future where sharing digital works is criminalized.

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Generate an image of The Right to Read ("The Right to Read" is a short story by Richard Stallman that warns about the dangers of restrictive digital rights management and the loss of freedoms in a future where sharing digital works is criminalized.)

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The Right to Read canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
addressesIssue corporate control over culture ⓘ
legal risks of sharing copyrighted digital works ⓘ
ownership versus access in digital media ⓘ
advocatesFor freedom to copy software and digital texts ⓘ
protection of reader privacy ⓘ
the right to share digital works ⓘ
author Richard Stallman ⓘ
creator Richard Stallman ⓘ
criticizes licensing schemes that restrict reading and lending ⓘ
proprietary control over digital information ⓘ
depicts future society with strict control over digital media ⓘ
focusesOn access to digital books ⓘ
ethical issues of obeying restrictive laws ⓘ
genre dystopian fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasCharacterType university students ⓘ
hasMoral sharing knowledge should not be a crime ⓘ
technological control can undermine fundamental freedoms ⓘ
hasTitle The Right to Read ⓘ
intendedAs advocacy for user rights in the digital age ⓘ
political warning ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme copyright enforcement ⓘ
criminalization of sharing digital works ⓘ
digital rights ⓘ
freedom to share information ⓘ
opposition to digital rights management ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
user freedom ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
philosophicalBasis free software ethics ⓘ
information freedom ⓘ
portrays students afraid to share digital textbooks ⓘ
publicationMedium online ⓘ
relatedTo copyleft ⓘ
copyright law ⓘ
digital libraries ⓘ
digital rights management ⓘ
free software movement ⓘ
intellectual property ⓘ
setIn near-future society ⓘ
targetAudience readers concerned with digital rights ⓘ
software users and developers ⓘ
warnsAbout criminalization of lending and sharing digital books ⓘ
dangers of restrictive digital rights management ⓘ
loss of freedoms in a digital society ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free Software, Free Society → hasPart → The Right to Read ⓘ
The Right to Read → hasTitle → The Right to Read ⓘ