[pp.int.general] where is the manifesto?
Richard M Stallman
rms at gnu.org
Mon Dec 29 11:23:27 CET 2008
> * To declare that copyrights are not property, so this does
> not apply.
That is simply not possible. There is no law saying "copyright is property"=
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All that is based on a judgement of the German constitutional court.
So if the constitution is changed, as I suggested above, that judgment
may change. Thus, I think you have been too quick to give up.
> * To declare that if the state, by legislation, can constitute
> a new kind of property, it can also, by legislation, disconstitute
> that kind of property, in a uniform and fair way.
Also impossible.
Here too.
On the contrary, not every aspect of the=
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exploitation rights has that protection at all and the protection regarding=
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authors' rights is as well only of limited nature. We discussed this earlie=
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in the German pirate party and we came to the conclusion that it is most=20
likely possible to do the changes we want to achieve, but we have to be=20
really really careful when doing it.
I am glad you think the goal is possible. What is the method you propose?
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