Torrents are the contemporary libraries, but global, total, interactive and unlimited. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Ralph Hinterleitner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hinterleitner@gmail.com">hinterleitner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi,<br>
<br>
in 1954, the Netherlands signed the The Hague Convention for the<br>
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflicts[1].<br>
While this document focuses on international acts of war, it contains<br>
universally valid statements on the importance of cultural assets to<br>
society and human kind:<br>
<br>
"Being convinced that damage to cultural property belonging to<br>
any people whatsoever means damage to the cultural heritage of<br>
all mankind, since each people makes its contribution to the<br>
culture of the world;"<br>
<br>
"Considering that the preservation of the cultural heritage is<br>
of great importance for all peoples of the world and that it<br>
is important that this heritage should receive international<br>
protection;"<br>
<br>
"[cultural property is] movable or immovable property of great<br>
importance to the cultural heritage of every people, such as<br>
[...] works of art; manuscripts, books and other objects of<br>
artistic, historical or archaeological interest; as well as<br>
scientific collections and important collections of books or<br>
archives or of reproductions of the property defined above;"<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://www.un-documents.net/cpcpeac.htm" target="_blank">http://www.un-documents.net/cpcpeac.htm</a><br>
<br>
Today, the increasing cupidity, deviousness and ignorance of<br>
certain corporations exceedingly endangers the preservation of<br>
cultural property for the general public. By limiting the<br>
availability of arts and restricting access to knowledge and<br>
information they sacrifice both, sustainable development<br>
and maintenance of our intangible cultural heritage.<br>
<br>
It's probably time for another Convention as an answer to<br>
multilateral treaties such as ACTA: Protection of Cultural<br>
Property against Monopoles and Acts of short-sighted Economy.<br>
<br>
Further reading:<br>
<br>
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization<br>
UNESCO Normative Actions: <a href="http://piraten.in/6ie" target="_blank">http://piraten.in/6ie</a><br>
<br>
Law, ethics, and the visual arts<br>
Google Books: <a href="http://piraten.in/6if" target="_blank">http://piraten.in/6if</a><br>
<br>
<br>
May you do well in the interview and the upcoming elections!<br>
Hope it helps. Godspeed!<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Ralph<br>
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International Coordinator<br>
Pirate Party of Germany<br>
<a href="http://piraten.in/pertain" target="_blank">http://piraten.in/pertain</a><br>
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On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:26 PM, <<a href="mailto:coretx@piratenpartij.nl">coretx@piratenpartij.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Next Thursday we're having a debate versus a "jurist" (in 't engels) about<br>
> why copyright-protected work should be free for non-commercial use. We'll<br>
> be going head to head, and we'll be getting 24-second turns to make 10<br>
> arguments each for why this is.<br>
><br>
> We figured let's crowdsource this a little. What are the best arguments<br>
> you've heard to prove our point as Pirate Parties about why<br>
> copyright-protected works should be free for non-commercial use?<br>
><br>
> Help us win our seat in Dutch parliament for the June 9 elections!!<br>
><br>
> Don't debate, just push your one or two liners !<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Samir Allioui ( #1 candidate ) & Bas Grasmaayer ( Communications manager. )<br>
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