[pp.int.general] Should Pirate Parties include the coming Swarm Economy as policy?

[Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet)]

Just a small point:

> The historic goal of copyright was to ensure that an autor would be able
> to decide :
> 1) whether he would disseminate his creation or not.
> 2) how much he would get paid if he decides to disseminate its creation.
>
This is the story of the copyright lobby. Unfortunately, it is
historical revisionism.

The historic goal of the copyright monopoly was to burn political
dissidents at the stake, when the monopoly was enacted on May 4, 1557.

See this series for more details:
http://falkvinge.net/2011/02/01/history-of-copyright-part-1-black-death/

Cheers,
Rick