[pp.int.general] Some parting thoughts

[Eduardo Robles Elvira]

In Spain it is currently legal to download copyrighted music or movies from
p2p if it's for personal use, so if you want to download any artist's latest
album you have the legal right to do so. And I should note that you should
exercise your rights in the same way you exercise your muscles, to get them
in shape.

Bottom line being, if something is illegal in your country it doesn't mean
it's also illegal in the rest of the world. After reading your initial email
I got the feeling that the FUD spread by the the anti-pirate lobby has
really affected even to the people in PP-USA and that is really sad.

Regards,
     Eduardo Robles Elvira (Member of PIRATA)

El 18/10/2009 18:08, "Glenn Kerbein" <glenn.kerbein at pirate-party.us>
escribió:

Jeremy Morton wrote: > Glenn Kerbein wrote: >> All, >> I am stepping down as
co-administrator ...
Civil disobedience is one thing. Endorsing that you should download
Kayne West's latest album is another.
In before "Imma let you finish".

>> Many of our European counterparts want to outright deny any >>
intelligent >> reasoning why f...
I won't name names, as that would only incite further flamewars. I know
of two parties that do this sort of thing. Luckily, the PPUK is not one
of them.

>> Simply saying "go ahead and do it, we can't stop you" only >> exacerbates
the issue. It leads to ...
That's one vast and overbroad statement, sir. Not necessarily incorrect,
but also not wholly correct.

> And honestly, what other more trenchant platforms do we have to pursue? >
We even gave ourselves ...
Maybe you need a history lesson: we should pursue what ostensibly
amounts to the treading upon people's rights. The US PATRIOT Act is,
well, a popular and obvious target. We need to examine and deduce what
is wrong with copyright: not what is wrong with filesharing. Why is the
Grey Album disallowed and why does this run abet to our cultural past?
[I know the answer to both, but I won't elaborate].

>> Secondly, the direction that a few of the PPs have been going may not >>
be in the best of i...
Maybe. Maybe not. Perhaps you should re-read my argument.

> > Best regards, > Jeremy Morton (Jez) >
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