[pp.int.general] Then...

Antonio Garcia ningunotro at hotmail.com
Sun Jun 30 00:48:07 CEST 2013


Well, obviously... I know why I am not somewhere else already :) .

And you are really exceptionally humble if you can't imagine.


Dreams ain't easy and fun all the time, in this silly world that is what we make of it together.

I guess the easyriders will never understand. Counting you among them.


Antonio.


> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:17:31 +0200
> From: pirate at valio.ch
> To: pp.international.general at lists.pirateweb.net
> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Then...
> 
> ...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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