[pp.int.general] I had this dream once...

[Antonio Garcia]

Brussels/Kazan did everything possible to kill that dream, as it can't be built on lies.

Lies do not marry emotions all that well.


Antonio.


> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:37:43 +0200
> From: pirate at valio.ch
> To: pp.international.general at lists.pirateweb.net
> Subject: [pp.int.general] I had this dream once...
> 
> ...of pirate woodstock
> 
> a festival...
> ...whose infrastructure is crowdfounded
> ...where all financial requirements are openly visibly for everyone
> ...where there is no clear line inbetween musicians and visitors, but  
> where everyone shall bring their cc0-ed [0] music, share it over  
> public wifi, remix with other and publish it
> ...where everyone gets the chance by a random number generator to  
> promote their music (or art) in a way that ze finds suitable (pirate  
> radio, stage w/ streaming, remixed video, ...) and gets rewarded by a  
> Flattr-like-mechanism
> ...which does not take place in a single country, but several; none  
> (or at least: not all) centrally organized if possible; by applying to  
> the rules stated above, you get on the stream channels of others and  
> are allowed to call yourself part of the event
> ...that is as pirate as possible without getting way to illegal
> 
> because
> ...we don't need huge corporations to organize huge festivals
> ...we don't need intermediaries that take profits in an amount that is  
> hardly eligible
> ...we don't need anyone to tell who is worthy and who isn't depending  
> on current mainstream traits, which are nothing but remixes as all art  
> [1] without someone else playing a similar piece of music [2]
> ...we want a world where you get a chance as an artist and are not  
> constantly told that your income problem is primary piracy (instead of  
> obscurity [3]), are often exploited (even if you're on the chart list  
> [4]) and are told you are producing "content" [5]
> ...we want a world that is united in the cyberspace [6] and one is not  
> intended to be excluded by economical means
> ...we need a counterculture instead of just reacting to news and  
> speaking about how we want the world
> 
> Yes, I know this is not politics, but activism.
> Yes, I know there are initiatives at a small level, which are hardly noticed.
> Yes, I know this is probably beyond our possibilities and you'll call  
> me an utopian fool.
> 
> But if we are to follow the way down, I'm afraid we loose the fun.
> The fun that is necessary to bear with politics, not to forget why we  
> are here [7] and not getting just another movement that becomes  
> crusted very soon.
> 
> -pat
> 
> [0] Creative Commons - CC0 license  
> http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
> [1] Ferguson - Everything is a remix http://everythingisaremix.info/
> [2] The Axis of Awesome - 4 Chords http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
> [3] Doctorow - the problem isn't piracy. the problem is obscurity.  
> http://www.write4kids.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/doctorow.pdf
> [4] Love - Courtney Love does the math http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/
> [5] Stallman - Words to avoid - Content  
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
> [6] Barlow - A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace  
> https://projects.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html
> [7] Falkvinge - why are you here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCbRX1YEqrs
> 
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