[pp.int.general] Subject: Re: International Pirates Day

[Andrew Norton]

Good idea

What I don't get it giving out copies of Linux. For an Open Source
movement, yes. But the use of linux does not actively match with any
of our policies.

If anything, it's maginalise us as some kind of software
'beardy-weirdy' group and take away from our message. A better one
might be following people around with video cameras (they don't
actually have to work), to illustrate the surveillance society. Or
maybe crowd mock-trials, where the public can vote on some issue of
public corruption (keep the activities the same, but change the
names). Maybe ask people in the street if they know what year was the
last to have all copyright expire, in your country (1922 in the US). A
privacy questionaire perhaps.

The point is to stick to the core issues, and work with them. Make
people think about them. Handing someone a linux cd isn't going to
make them think 'copyright terms are too long, and need to be reduced'
- it won't make them think about copyright at all. More probably
they'll think 'cool, a new coaster'.

Andrew



On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:46 AM, I.K. <aeroclub.ep at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/11/11 I.K. <aeroclub.ep at gmail.com>:
>> > Hi guys, Ilya from PP Russia here.
>> > We have another proposition to make for the PPI, although the idea is so
>> > simple that probably this kind of suggestion had already been made, so
>> > sorry
>> > if that is the case.
>> > Anyway, the idea is to organize something like an International Pirates
>> > Day,
>> > when the members of all the pirate organizations would go out for some
>> > simultaneous street action.
>>
>> I agree,
>> we should distribute a pirated version of GNU / Linux (based on
>> gnewsense, for example), with pirate logos, wallpapers and a
>> collection of documentation on various topics pirates.
>>
>> action plan .-
>> 1 .- Definition international pirate day
>> 2 .- List of country coordinators
>> 3 .- each coordinator and contact LUG G / LUG of their country to be
>> invited to participate in distributing the cd / dvd
>>
>> Quote of the day: we are legal, we are pirates
>>
>> I will investigate how to remaster gnewsense,
>> appeal to all logos, wallpaper and documentation for each language, to
>> make the build (besides the server up to the partidopirata.cl
>>
>> -----
>> estoy de acuerdo,
>> deber?amos repartir una versi?n Pirata de gnu/linux (basado en
>> gnewsense, por ejemplo), con logotipos piratas, fondos de pantallas y
>> una compilaci?n de documentaci?n sobre los diferentes t?picos piratas.
>>
>> plan de acci?n.-
>> 1.- definici?n del dia internacional pirata
>> 2.- listado de coordinadores por pa?ses
>> 3.- cada coordinador contactar LUG y G/LUG de su pais para invitarlos
>> a participar en la repartir los cd/dvd
>>
>> lema del d?a :  somos legales , somos piratas
>>
>> voy a investigar como remasterizar gnewsense,
>> solicito a TODOS logos, wallpaper y documentaci?n en cada idioma, para
>> hacer la compilaci?n (ademas la subir? al servidor de partidopirata.cl
>>
>>
>> ---
>
> Yes, that is what I am talking about. The 19th of September is not a Pirate
> Parties day, is it? Of course, we have to participate in all the events we
> can to gain publicity, but the original purpose of that day has nothing to
> do with our political platform.
> Why not to coordinate an international event of our own?
>
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