[ExI] Pirate Party

[Bryan Bishop]

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/13/1953255

I am an open pirate. Kind of rogue. Seems to be slightly extropic in 
nature, but that's only one of the ten principles listed by Max a while 
back. Still, good to see a Pirate Party.  Here's the text:

mmuch writes 
"In the wake of the recent copyright debate in Swedish mainstream media, 
the P2P Consortium has published an interview with Rick Falkvinge, the 
leader of the Swedish Pirate Party. He comments on the mainstream 
politicians starting to understand the issues, the interplay between 
strict copyright enforcement and mass surveillance, and the chances for 
global copyright reform."

Some choice Falkvinge quotes: 
"What was remarkable was that this was the point where the enemy — 
forces that want to lock down culture and knowledge at the cost of 
total surveillance — realized they were under a serious attack... for 
the first time, we saw everything they could bring to the battle. And 
it was... nothing. Not even a fizzle. All they can say is 'thief, we 
have our rights, we want our rights, nothing must change, we want more 
money, thief, thief, thief'... Whereas we are talking about scarcity 
vs. abundance, monopolies, the nature of property, 500-year historical 
perspectives on culture and knowledge, incentive structures, economic 
theory, disruptive technologies, etc. The difference in intellectual 
levels between the sides is astounding... When the Iron Curtain fell, 
all of the West rejoiced that the East would become just as free as the 
West. It was never supposed to be the other way around."

http://www.p2pconsortium.com/index.php?showtopic=15274

- Bryan
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Bryan Bishop
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