[pp.int.general] levies - SENT

[Ole Husgaard]

Andrew Norton wrote:
> ok, I just sent off the levies consultation document response thingy
>   
Great.

> I'll be starting on the press release based on our response shortly -
> thats where the signatures will be posted, the consultation response was
> from the PPI in general. Mainly since I heard no detractors at all from
> what was posted over the last few weeks.
>   
I would be quite surprised if there were any detractors, since we have 
been careful to write a consultation reply that all the pirate parties 
could endorse.

> To date, we have US, SE, DE, DK, PL, ES - any more would be appreciated.
> I would also like some quotes, a nice little statement to be put into
> the press release, perhaps in condemnation of the consultation itself,
> or the underlying assumptions made for the questions, or whatever, I
> just need SOMETHING!
>   
In particular FR and NL are major EU countries with strong and active 
pirate parties.
Please let us know asap, if you can endorse this reply.

See below what you could use from DK for the press release.

Thanks for your great help on this, Andrew!

Best Regards,

Ole Husgaard.
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"The levies are nothing but money-grapping from an industry that soon 
will no longer be needed due to the development of the information 
society. They are trying to get money without actually producing 
something in return, using heavy lobbying and quick (on the surface) 
obvious arguments, that do not stand deeper analysis. The levy systems 
in Europe makes the inner market non-functional for over 6% of all goods 
traded in the community. We see the copyright levy systems as one of the 
worst obstacles of further cultural development in Europe, supported by 
groups who would like to see our information society rolled back to the 
last century and frozen there.", says Ole Husgaard, leader of the Danish 
Pirate Party (being formed).