[pp.int.general] Julia Schramm

[Maxime Rouquet]

On 09/19/2012 04:32 PM, Thomas Bruderer wrote:
> A DMCA takedown notice from a pirate  from a national the board - it's
> unbelievable!

I think we should not react so suddenly and add credit to a certain
interpretation of facts we do not know everything about.

Yes, there was a DMCA notice sent ; but from the editor, not from Julia.
And it appears quite certain she did not wanted this.

It might be possible that she did not make it clear with her editor that
the book would be under a free licence, which would be a mistake, but
not as bad as what the media are interpreting.

It is also possible that she made it clear and had a special contract,
but the editor was not very careful and added it to the list of its
books, and a robot or some employee found it on the platform and sent a
DMCA notice automatically.

We do not know what happened exactly, so we should ask everybody to be
careful about interpretation, and give Julia the right to a fair trial.

Alternatively, we can notice that a lot of people are waiting for
mistakes made by pirates in Germany, as PP-DE is becoming more and more
dangerous for all the current political class, and most of them and
their contacts will enjoy using anything they can to destroy the image
of PP-DE.

Even if Julia made a mistake, I do not think it was as bad as what most
people think at first look. Anyway, what is important is how she and the
PP-DE will react if they made an error, and what they will have learned
from it.

(I have already been interviewed by a French independent media about
books on this matter by the way).

Regards,

m