[pp.int.general] The Pirate Bay and the Pirate Party

[Félix Robles]

But why should Google or any other webpage have to remove links to torrent
files? That's like removing from a webpage the GPS coordinates of a knife.

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Glenn Kerbein <
glenn.kerbein at pirate-party.us> wrote:

> Agreed.
> Furthermore, your argument about indexers is poor at best. Google has
> agents to handle takedown requests for YouTube, images, and the sites it
> indexes. See Viacom v. Youtube. The Pirate Bay /prides itself/ on not
> employing any takedown agents (thus not having the safe harbor clause).
> I suggest that you peruse Professor James Boyle's The Public Domain
> (particularly the chapter entitled "The Internet Threat"): he waxes
> eloquently about the subject of Napster and Grokster.
>
> Charly wrote:
> > I think it becomes a problem when people are confused about the
> > distinction between the two organisations. I've heard people calling us
> > the "Pirate Bay Party" (cringe).
> > Boundaries between TPB and PP need to be made clear.
> > Charly
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <nicco77 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:nicco77 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     TPB is a index engine like Google and both indexes torrents where
> >     Google actually hold infringed content via YouTube and Google Books
> >     while PP's does neither.
> >
> >     I know politics is so sensitive and therefore the crappy argument,
> >     but would we exist without Napster, TPB etc? It kinda feels silly to
> >     deny once relatives..
> >
> >
> >     - Nicolas
> >
> >
> >     On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Glenn Kerbein
> >     <glenn.kerbein at pirate-party.us
> >     <mailto:glenn.kerbein at pirate-party.us>> wrote:
> >
> >         I'm going to side with RMS on this.
> >
> >         Richard Stallman wrote:
> >         > If TPB promotes the Pirate Party, it would tend to support the
> >         statements
> >         > that some people make that "You're just a bunch of criminals."
> >         > This might be a reason not to do it.
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> >         --
> >         Glenn "Channel6" Kerbein
> >         United States Pirate Party
> >         "Burn, Hollywood, Burn"
> >         http://www.pirate-party.us/
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> Glenn "Channel6" Kerbein
> United States Pirate Party
> "Burn, Hollywood, Burn"
> http://www.pirate-party.us/
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