[pp.int.general] Then...

[pirate at valio.ch]

...why are you here Antonio?
...why do you stay here if you don't have a dream?
...why do you keep telling us things we already know of is your opinion?
...does it provide satisfaction to you?
...is there any altruistic intent?
...do you want to do something else in your life?

I mean this in a humble, not sarcastic way.
Have you ever bothered asked yourself these questions?

Quoting Antonio Garcia <ningunotro at hotmail.com>:

> 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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