[pp.int.general] Companies that trap and sue P2P users in Germany

[Amelia Andersdotter]

Pe 25.03.2012 04:50, Richard Stallman a scris:
>      >  Would it be possible to set up a fund to pay people's 500 EUR fines
>      >  if they maintained an open wireless network?
>
>      Sure. But I think for Piratenpartei it would be more effective to put the
>      bit of money we have into election campaigns
>
> I wasn't suggesting the Pirate Party itself do this.  My idea is that
> it would be done independently.
>
>       in order to change the stupid
>      laws instead of fighting them by ignoring them
>
> A campaign urging people to defy this law is a way of building
> opposition to the law.
>
> The fund's main activity would be to pay people's fines,
> but in order to do that, it would have to spread the word about
> the injustice of this law, and that would also teach the public.

it makes sense. in sweden, planka.nu and tanka.nu (i think) have 
protested  high public transport fees and file-sharing trials by putting 
up the type of insurance suggested above by rms. they've been very 
efficient in spreading their messages.

/a

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