[pp.int.general] Fwd: [PP Open] anonymous

[Jay Emerson]

Being this a cause I would die for, a little e-activism never hurt anybody
;-)
On Nov 30, 2010 2:40 PM, "lilo" <al3lilo at autistici.org> wrote:
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> FYI: i'm in totally according.
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> lilo
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> Subject: [PP Open] anonymous
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:01:25 +0100
> From: lilo <al3lilo at autistici.org>
> Reply-To: Partito Pirata: Open <open at ml.partito-pirata.it>
> To: Partito at r31692.ovh.net, Pirata at r31692.ovh.net:Open
> <open at ml.partito-pirata.it>
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> [Fri Nov 26]: As a response to the TPB appeal verdict, Operation:Payback
> released the following statement.
>
> Dear IFPI, MAFIAA and other parasites,
>
> The recent verdict in the Swedish Appeal Court (ThePirateBay spectrial)
> provoked this statement from Operation: Payback. We emphasize our
> statement with a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack aimed at the
> IFPI's website.
>
> Today marked perhaps one of the most heinous of crimes against freedom.
> It has been announced that the leaders of ThePirateBay have been found
> guilty in a Swedish court. This travesty of injustice perpetrated by
> media conglomerates is an abomination against society.
>
> Anonymous strongly opposes this decision and the far reaching
> implications. No single court should be able to decide what the rest of
> the world can or cannot do.
>
> We believe the Internet has opened new avenues of opportunity for
> everyone everywhere. The Internet should not be censored or controlled
> by governments or corporations.
>
> Large numbers of people benefit from the use of torrents and
> peer-to-peer to distribute their work. Torrents are widely used by
> artists. Many profitable companies distribute their content using P2P
> thereby saving themselves money by using other's connections. Why should
> they get to have it both ways? Who are they to decide?
>
> In simple terms, ThePirateBay is nothing more than Google for torrents.
> They host NO infringing content. How can this be declared illegal? What
> is next? Ringtones? Perhaps your favorite search site?
>
> The leaders of ThePirateBay are not criminals. They have harmed no one.
> They only brought good to this world. We are taught as children that we
> must learn to share. Share food with the hungry, share water with the
> thirsty, share medicines with the sick, then WHY CAN WE NOT SHARE
> HAPPINESS?! Everybody enjoys music, everybody enjoys film. Isn't it
> hypocritical to say that we can share these necessities but not that
> what makes us enjoy life?
>
> Technology has developed quicker than the entertainment industries can
> comprehend. They cannot grasp what is possible today. They live in the
> time where gramophones, cassette tapes and video tapes were the only
> distribution method. Its ironic that they made the same arguments then,
> yet they are still profitable. Today, our future is being limited by the
> corporation's failed business models.Their solution is to control the
> Internet itself. We have had enough. We are angry. We will no longer
> take orders from oldfags dictating what we can and cannot do.
>
> ThePirateBay stands as a symbol representing our beliefs. The voice of
> the people should not be silenced by government let alone a private
> company interested only in protecting their bottom line. Copyright laws
> as they exist today are far outdated and have no place in the modern
world.
>
> We will continue our fight against these outdated laws. We will continue
> to attack websites of those who are a danger to freedom on the Internet.
> We will continue to attack those who embrace censorship. You will not be
> able to hide your ludicrous ways to control us. We will expose you and
> your intentions will be dealt with. This injustice must be corrected.
>
> We will not forgive. We will not forget.
>
> Yours (dis)respectfully,
>
> Operation Payback.
>
>
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> :D
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