[pp.int.general] Pirate Party of the Netherlands now hosts Minecraft server for all Pirate Parties

[Samir Allioui]

What is Minecraft?

Minecraft is a game created by Markus Persson, a Swedish pirate. He holds a
positive stance on piracy, one not shared by many proprietary software
developers. It can be read here:
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1121596044/how-piracy-works

Minecraft is a simple sandbox world, constructed out of cubes, enabling the
player to build anything they like within a short period of time and without
an extensive learning curve.


Why is Minecraft useful for the pirate parties?

Minecraft can make a clear statement: Anyone can be a creator and copy
copyrighted or patented objects with hardly any issues. One of the benefits
of Minecraft is that you still create the objects yourself. This creates a
gray area, where it is not always clear if it is intellectual property
infringement or not.

Minecraft can be a place for pirates from different countries to come
together. This does not only include pirates in the pirate parties, but also
like-minded people. People can talk with each other, work together on things
and build friendships. This can improve the atmosphere within the group and
is teambuilding in more than just the literal sense of the word.


Minecraft success stories !

Some Minecraft servers have a lot of huge buildings, often built by groups
of players. These structures range from a 1:1 scale soccer stadium and the
Battlestar Galactica to Rapture and so on. If we pirates can complete such
structures and label these as built by us, people visiting our game will be
astonished. This will also give a clear message: the pirate parties can
achieve great things when working together. You might ask: "Well, this is
only a game. What difference will this make?" The answer would be: "It can
make a significant difference, because these online cooperation projects can
translate into offline cooperation."

The server might also generate some publicity. A lot of Minecraft projects
have resulted in astonishing results, such as the 16-bit ALU Minecraft
builder getting a job at a major microchip producer. Also, Minecraft
generates a lot of publicity in itself, because it's understandable for most
of the people. This publicity might not always be good, but many people will
be amazed by what we've built, if we do it well.

The game is growing in popularity and is currently played by more than 500
000 players. There are a number of video's that demonstrate the game. Here
are some videos which might spark your interest:


Minecraft Videos

 * Untouched world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVqwIoI82GA
 * Maps with up to 8 times the surface of the Earth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asImTDkPWKA
 * Star Trek Enterprise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94
 * Imperial Star Destroyer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO6Csq11aP8
 * 16 bit ALU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug
 * A guided tour to a single player Minecraft world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrGqmeF-_Y
 * A world which was constructed with a small group of people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_PEQ2m7HVI

As you can see, you can build a lot of things in Minecraft. Minecraft can be
bought for only €10,- at http://www.minecraft.net




The PPNL Minecraft server


The PPNL Minecraft server is the first Pirate Minecraft server. It is
located at minecraft.piratenpartij.nl

Feel free to set your own pirate DNS pointers to the following IP Address.
178.63.96.181
By doing this, your national pirate party can claim to have a minecraft
server too, and reap the benefits.

Contact data:

Roberto Moretti is the founder and Administrator.
If you would like to have enhanced rights,
he can be contacted via
IRC: Robske at the PirateWeb IRC network.
Email: roberto.moretti at piratenpartij.nl
Minecraft nickname: robske

For general inquiries related to the dutch pirate party you can contact our
PPI coordinators : Rodger.van.doorn at piratenpartij.nl and
Samir.Allioui at pp-international.net
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