[pp.int.general] Old woman ****ed by copyright lobby - Can we do something?

[Justus Römeth]

It did stirr quite some publicity in Germany, since it is the first really
absurd case. So using it for PR might work. I would suggest doing it via a
non-political entity that is close to the pirate party, like Musikpiraten,
however, since I think the German pirate party should try to limit itself
to political work mainly now that it has been elected in Berlin and is
scoring high on the polls.

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org> wrote:

>    > However, I would like to ask the German Piratenpartei first what they
>    > think of this, and if they like this idea, I would like to ask them to
>    > take the lead in this small project, simply because it will be easiest
>    > for them to reach this woman.
>
>    We had to collect millions if we wanted to pay all those fees. :(
>
> He proposed doing something once, and you've changed the subject
> to doing it thousands of times.  That's not feasible, but his
> original proposal might be feasible.
>
>    But how can you blame somebody for a crime who did not commit only for
> not
>    protecting him connection? I mean, by example, a hacker break your WEP
>    password and download child pornography, the judge really can charge you
>    for CP consumption? Even knowing you don't have any computer? o.o
>
> This is called "collective responsibility" and is incompatible with a
> free society.
>
> Paying one woman's fine is affordable, and might be an effective way
> to condemn this law.  Whether this case is a good opportunity, I don't
> know.
>
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