[pp.int.general] IP issues and governmental corruption - an interesting post by L.Lessig

[Jouni Snellman]

I agree - and that is why IFPI Board Member Paul Birch has a point when he
says that criticism of RIAA is "inappropriate" for a Government funded
institution (see newsfeed on the PP Intl website). Accepting gifts from
strangers is not always wise, there may be strings attached which you see
only later. Rgds Jouni

On 6/19/07, Jan Huwald <jh at sotun.de> wrote:
>
> With this "turn-around" Lessig came closer to what we pirates fight for.
> The
> understanding of transparency of the German Pirate Party is intended to
> repair the mentioned parts of the broken democratic system. A fraction of
> ours is keen on increasing the level of democratic participation (e.g.
> with
> more direct election elements). I ask you (all) to track Lessigs thoughts,
> if
> they comply with our movement, or if he suggests new ideas or ways of
> thinking. In the political field he is playing now this won't be easy.
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
>
> Am Dienstag, 19. Juni 2007 17:06:44 schrieb Valentin Villenave:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > in case you haven't seen it yet, I invite all of you to read the last
> > note on Lawrence Lessig's blog (he's the Creative Commons founder and
> > CEO).
> >
> > His main thesis, if I understand correctly, is: there is no point in
> > trying to promote opensource, as long as governments are filled with
> > corruption. So he seems to have decided to keep fighting, but on a
> > political level from now on.
> >
> > http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003800.shtml
> >
> > I guess we share (more or less) the same ideas; how about sending him,
> > in the name of all the PPs, a short support message? And maybe, if we
> > get an answer, see if we can make a public statement on that?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Valentin [Parti Pirate]
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