[pp.int.general] /!\ URGENT /!\ | Help PPNL to win the elections by answering our easy questions !

[angel todorov]

Torrents are the contemporary  libraries, but global, total, interactive and
unlimited.

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Ralph Hinterleitner <
hinterleitner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> in 1954, the Netherlands signed the The Hague Convention for the
> Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflicts[1].
> While this document focuses on international acts of war, it contains
> universally valid statements on the importance of cultural assets to
> society and human kind:
>
>    "Being convinced that damage to cultural property belonging to
>    any people whatsoever means damage to the cultural heritage of
>    all mankind, since each people makes its contribution to the
>    culture of the world;"
>
>    "Considering that the preservation of the cultural heritage is
>    of great importance for all peoples of the world and that it
>    is important that this heritage should receive international
>    protection;"
>
>    "[cultural property is] movable or immovable property of great
>    importance to the cultural heritage of every people, such as
>    [...] works of art; manuscripts, books and other objects of
>    artistic, historical or archaeological interest; as well as
>    scientific collections and important collections of books or
>    archives or of reproductions of the property defined above;"
>
>    [1] http://www.un-documents.net/cpcpeac.htm
>
> Today, the increasing cupidity, deviousness and ignorance of
> certain corporations exceedingly endangers the preservation of
> cultural property for the general public. By limiting the
> availability of arts and restricting access to knowledge and
> information they sacrifice both, sustainable development
> and maintenance of our intangible cultural heritage.
>
> It's probably time for another Convention as an answer to
> multilateral treaties such as ACTA: Protection of Cultural
> Property against Monopoles and Acts of short-sighted Economy.
>
> Further reading:
>
>    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
>    UNESCO Normative Actions: http://piraten.in/6ie
>
>    Law, ethics, and the visual arts
>    Google Books: http://piraten.in/6if
>
>
> May you do well in the interview and the upcoming elections!
> Hope it helps. Godspeed!
>
> Cheers
> Ralph
>
> --
> International Coordinator
> Pirate Party of Germany
> http://piraten.in/pertain
>
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:26 PM,  <coretx at piratenpartij.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Next Thursday we're having a debate versus a "jurist" (in 't engels)
> about
> > why copyright-protected work should be free for non-commercial use. We'll
> > be going head to head, and we'll be getting 24-second turns to make 10
> > arguments each for why this is.
> >
> > We figured let's crowdsource this a little. What are the best arguments
> > you've heard to prove our point as Pirate Parties about why
> > copyright-protected works should be free for non-commercial use?
> >
> > Help us win our seat in Dutch parliament for the June 9 elections!!
> >
> > Don't debate, just push your one or two liners !
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Samir Allioui ( #1 candidate ) & Bas Grasmaayer ( Communications manager.
> )
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