-#. PAGE BREAK 269
-#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
-#: freeculture.xml:12713
-msgid ""
-"A simple idea blinds us, and under the cover of darkness, much happens that "
-"most of us would reject if any of us looked. So uncritically do we accept "
-"the idea of property in ideas that we don't even notice how monstrous it is "
-"to deny ideas to a people who are dying without them. So uncritically do we "
-"accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the "
-"control of that property removes our ability, as a people, to develop our "
-"culture democratically. Blindness becomes our common sense. And the "
-"challenge for anyone who would reclaim the right to cultivate our culture is "
-"to find a way to make this common sense open its eyes."
+#. PAGE BREAK 269
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
+#: freeculture.xml:13457
+msgid ""
+"<emphasis role='strong'>A simple idea</emphasis> blinds us, and under the "
+"cover of darkness, much happens that most of us would reject if any of us "
+"looked. So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in ideas that we "
+"don't even notice how monstrous it is to deny ideas to a people who are "
+"dying without them. So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in "
+"culture that we don't even question when the control of that property "
+"removes our ability, as a people, to develop our culture "
+"democratically. Blindness becomes our common sense. And the challenge for "
+"anyone who would reclaim the right to cultivate our culture is to find a way "
+"to make this common sense open its eyes."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
+#: freeculture.xml:13471
+msgid ""
+"So far, common sense sleeps. There is no revolt. Common sense does not yet "
+"see what there could be to revolt about. The extremism that now dominates "
+"this debate fits with ideas that seem natural, and that fit is reinforced by "
+"the RCAs of our day. They wage a frantic war to fight <quote>piracy,</quote> "
+"and devastate a culture for creativity. They defend the idea of "
+"<quote>creative property,</quote> while transforming real creators into "
+"modern-day sharecroppers. They are insulted by the idea that rights should "
+"be balanced, even though each of the major players in this content war was "
+"itself a beneficiary of a more balanced ideal. The hypocrisy reeks. Yet in a "
+"city like Washington, hypocrisy is not even noticed. Powerful lobbies, "
+"complex issues, and MTV attention spans produce the <quote>perfect "
+"storm</quote> for free culture."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><indexterm><primary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13484 freeculture.xml:14254
+msgid "academic journals"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><indexterm><primary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13485 freeculture.xml:13498
+msgid "biomedical research"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><indexterm><secondary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13486 freeculture.xml:13656
+msgid "international organization on issues of"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><indexterm><primary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13488 freeculture.xml:13605 freeculture.xml:14173
+msgid "IBM"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><indexterm><primary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13489 freeculture.xml:14320
+msgid "PLoS (Public Library of Science)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><indexterm><primary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13490 freeculture.xml:14321
+msgid "Public Library of Science (PLoS)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><indexterm><secondary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13491
+msgid "public projects in"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><indexterm><primary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13492
+msgid "single nucleotied polymorphisms (SNPs)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><indexterm><primary>
+#: freeculture.xml:13493
+msgid "Wellcome Trust"
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