[pp.int.general] where is the manifesto?

[Richard M Stallman]

     But existing rights must be =
    respected until they expire - or the owner must be compensated. The =
    reason is actually pretty obvious. If I write something, I get the =
    copyright, and I may sell the copyright to someone else, e.g. the =
    publisher. Because he has paid the money, he can expect the government =
    to protect his purchase.
    Of course, a true pirate will wonder 

That position amounts to a blanket defense of privatization above
human rights.  Ethically it must be rejected.  Legally it must be
abolished.

To reduce the term of copyright only for future works is insufficient.
The Pirate Party must confront the injustice of that position, and the
invalid ethical premises it is based on, or else abandon its principal
goal.

There is only one stand to take: if copyright can be lengthened then
it can be shortened.  If copyright power can be increased then it can
be decreased.