[pp.int.general] philosophy vs. action

[Carlos Ayala Vargas]

Reinier Bakels wrote:
> The underlying philosophical argument is that it is (perhaps) a 
> *right* of the public.
/Perhaps/? What do you think Reinier? Has it to be a right for you, or 
it hasn't?
> Sigh! The political purpose is that (among other things) private 
> noncommercial copying should be allowed (without compensation by 
> levies - which effectively implies it is still a reserved act under 
> copyright ...)
> The *action* perspective is that the same result can perhaps be 
> achieved much faster by arguing that this right actually complies with 
> the "three step test" , which - our course (being a statutory 
> regulation itself)- relates to present statutory copyright law, that 
> refers to "limitations & exceptions".
Probably what you suggest may be achieved faster; however, *faster != 
better* (at least, not necessarily). There is a proverb against your 
proposal -I don't know the English equivalent-: "/bread for today, 
hunger for tomorrow/"; it's applied to all proposals who only aim for 
the short term, because they're supposed to bring short-living 
prosperity in exchange of durable misery.

While I agree on taking all that the current legal framework offers 
-observing rule of law doesn't allow to take more than offered without 
previously changing the legal framework-, if you *only* aim to take 
that, as RMS states, there is a pretty high risk of people being 
appeased with that, not realizing that taking that without aiming to 
change current state of things, I think that implies accepting current 
state of things.

And we (again: when I say /we/, I mean PIRATA; when I talk about PPI I 
say /we all/) don't. You insist on us giving up long-term goals, I again 
answer that we are not going to.


                                                                                         
Carlos Ayala
                                                                                         
( Aiarakoa )

                                                                      
Partido Pirata National Board's Chairman