Z:gnu-www-ja-copyright-and-globalization--fd901a-=3Cb=3ESTALLMAN=3C/b=3E: First of all,/en

STALLMAN: First of all, I have to point out that we shouldn't use the term &ldquo;protection&rdquo; to describe what copyright does. Copyright restricts people. The term &ldquo;protection&rdquo; is a propaganda term of the copyright-owning businesses. The term &ldquo;protection&ldquo; means stopping something from being somehow destroyed. Well, I don't think a song is destroyed if there are more copies of it being played more. I don't think that a novel is destroyed if more people are reading copies of it, either. So I won't use that word. I think it leads people to identify with the wrong party.