<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Mensaje original ----<br>De: Ray Jenson <ray.jenson@gmail.com><br>Enviado: sábado, 19 de enero, 2008 19:54:20<br>
> The issue is still one of who retains power and control over the media. Levying a tax makes absolutely no sense in a<br>
> democratic system, where increasing freedom is concerned. What you consider rhetoric is actually a fairly solid selling<br>
> point, and one that most people can understand. Simplicity is the key to getting the message across. There are few<br>
> things as simple as truth.<br>
> <br>
> In order to secure more rights for creators, there must be a reduction in the law. This means we need to fight harder<br>
> than before in order to get officials into office who might actually be able to accomplish
this.<br>
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The constituents in Spain stated, 30 years ago, that Spanish Constitution lays between the Social State -the <span style="font-style: italic;">Wohlfahrtsstaat</span>, the social rights one- and the rule-of-the-law State -<span style="font-style: italic;">rechtsstaat</span>,
the liberties one-; but a Social State don't need to be democratic, nor
a rule-of-the-law one, so the constituents added the democratic clause,
<span style="font-style: italic;">Estado social y democrático de Derecho</span>
-Social and Democratic rule-of-the-law State-, to grant -not very well,
by the way ... our systems has several flaws in spite of being so
recent- people the true power which the word democracy implies.<br>
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Now, defenders of the levies -not exactly social rights, neither author's rights, but a few author's rights and also <span style="font-style: italic;">Big Four</span>
and mass media interests- like rights management organisations break the balance -today SGAE spokesman Pedro Farre asked Spanish Popular Party to illegalize P2P- and try to get rid of
liberties -and also citizen's rights about culture, which are stated at
the <a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#Article_27"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Article 27 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights</span></a>- by downplaying privacy. They aren't just cheaters who don't care about what the laws imply -just their own profit-, but also cheaters who are opening the door to the States' effort in downplaying privacy and cutting down liberties.<br><br>Of course social rights -at least as expressed in Universal Declaration of Human Rights- must be preserved! Nevertheless, as its <a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#Article_30"><span style="font-weight: bold;">last article</span></a> states, "<span style="font-style: italic;">nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any
State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to
perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and
freedoms set forth herein</span>"; so we in Partido Pirata agree with Ray and Rick about forgetting that clumsy sleight of hand <span style="font-style: italic;">levy yes, levy no</span> and focus on the preservation on everybody's rights, authors, citizens, and producers -because as here is stated we aren't talking about lucrative sharing, just non-lucrative culture sharing-, instead of preserving a few authors and a few producers rights. If we act this way will be easy to find that, if sharing causes no loss -but even benefit to authors- there is no room for taxes and levies as the own Directive 2001/29/CE states.<br>
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> Many of our positions in the Pirate Party are compatible with those of the Green party, but where they would seek to<br>
> increase laws and controls, we are trying to decrease them. The message of the video is clear, and I support that, but I<br>
> do not really support the other lobbying efforts behind it. I consider them misguided and divisive.
They are essentially<br>
> trying to pick up our cause without truly understanding
it.<br><br>Well, it's great that they seem to defend approx. PPI stance on
copyright issues; however PPI is not just a copyright party, and as you point we also
talk about privacy -in Spain they haven't opposed an extended implementation of
data retention, nor an extended implementation of DNA databases, nor an
extended implementation of the shutting down of web pages (an illegal
implementation in Spain as only courts of justice are allowed by our
Constitution to do such thing), etc-, patents, etc. And if we talk
about term-lasting agreements ... did we mention that we need to
discuss in Berlin the right approach to the <span style="font-style: italic;">no issues outside core
issues</span> policy? Regards<br><br><br> Carlos
Ayala<br> ( Aiarakoa )<br><br>
Partido Pirata National Board's Chairman <br></div></div><br>
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