[pp.int.general] Interesting quote

[Amelia Andersdotter]

Wasn't our original pledge that they are *not*, in fact, playing a
market game, but are trying to to enforce legislation unfit for
democracies in order to remain in power of a market they clearly did
not dominate anymore?

That holds whatever they think PP and TPB are doing.

On 29/08/2007, Christof Leng <cl at piratenpartei.de> wrote:
>
>  I'm more concerned about the next answer:
>
>
> Question:
>  Do you think that the Pirate Party's attempts to battle you guys at the
> ballot box is a legitimate way to work out these issues?
>
>  Garfield:
>  There's nothing about what the Pirate Bay does or what the Pirate Party
> does that is legitimate. There's nothing philosophically principled about
> it. They steal copyright content and accept advertising dollars based on
> taking other people's work. There's nothing noble about it.
>  He mixes what we are doing (politics) and what the pirate bay does
> (filesharing with money involved). I'm sure he does this intentionally and
> that pisses me off. By denying us to stand up for better laws, he actually
> questions freedom of speech and democracy in general.
>
>  Christof
>
>
>  Andy Milner schrieb:
>  Picked it up while lookin for News stories this morning...
>
> >From Dean Garfield (Chief Strategy Officer, MPAA)
>
> Question:
> The Pirate Party in Sweden has plans to spread the anticopyright
> movement all over the world. Does it worry you that that some people
> see the issue of copyright as an attempt by Hollywood to suppress
> information and are painting piracy as a crusade?
>
> Garfield:
> It is a concern. Part of our challenge is to view the Pirate Party,
> and those who support it, as a market competitor. We have to make sure
> that we, as an industry, are as attuned to the marketplace as they
> are. We have to be steadfast to respond to market wishes. We also
> shouldn't close our eyes to it, and we will be responsive to it.
>
> http://news.com.com/Hollywoods+copyright+enforcer/2008-1026_3-6204654.html
> on page 2...
>
> //A
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