<p>Being this a cause I would die for, a little e-activism never hurt anybody ;-)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 30, 2010 2:40 PM, "lilo" <<a href="mailto:al3lilo@autistici.org">al3lilo@autistici.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>> Hash: SHA1<br>
> <br>> FYI: i'm in totally according.<br>> <br>> lilo<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> - -------- Original Message --------<br>> Subject: [PP Open] anonymous<br>> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:01:25 +0100<br>
> From: lilo <<a href="mailto:al3lilo@autistici.org">al3lilo@autistici.org</a>><br>> Reply-To: Partito Pirata: Open <<a href="mailto:open@ml.partito-pirata.it">open@ml.partito-pirata.it</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:Partito@r31692.ovh.net">Partito@r31692.ovh.net</a>, Pirata@r31692.ovh.net:Open<br>
> <<a href="mailto:open@ml.partito-pirata.it">open@ml.partito-pirata.it</a>><br>> <br>> [Fri Nov 26]: As a response to the TPB appeal verdict, Operation:Payback<br>> released the following statement.<br>
> <br>> Dear IFPI, MAFIAA and other parasites,<br>> <br>> The recent verdict in the Swedish Appeal Court (ThePirateBay spectrial)<br>> provoked this statement from Operation: Payback. We emphasize our<br>> statement with a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack aimed at the<br>
> IFPI's website.<br>> <br>> Today marked perhaps one of the most heinous of crimes against freedom.<br>> It has been announced that the leaders of ThePirateBay have been found<br>> guilty in a Swedish court. This travesty of injustice perpetrated by<br>
> media conglomerates is an abomination against society.<br>> <br>> Anonymous strongly opposes this decision and the far reaching<br>> implications. No single court should be able to decide what the rest of<br>
> the world can or cannot do.<br>> <br>> We believe the Internet has opened new avenues of opportunity for<br>> everyone everywhere. The Internet should not be censored or controlled<br>> by governments or corporations.<br>
> <br>> Large numbers of people benefit from the use of torrents and<br>> peer-to-peer to distribute their work. Torrents are widely used by<br>> artists. Many profitable companies distribute their content using P2P<br>
> thereby saving themselves money by using other's connections. Why should<br>> they get to have it both ways? Who are they to decide?<br>> <br>> In simple terms, ThePirateBay is nothing more than Google for torrents.<br>
> They host NO infringing content. How can this be declared illegal? What<br>> is next? Ringtones? Perhaps your favorite search site?<br>> <br>> The leaders of ThePirateBay are not criminals. They have harmed no one.<br>
> They only brought good to this world. We are taught as children that we<br>> must learn to share. Share food with the hungry, share water with the<br>> thirsty, share medicines with the sick, then WHY CAN WE NOT SHARE<br>
> HAPPINESS?! Everybody enjoys music, everybody enjoys film. Isn't it<br>> hypocritical to say that we can share these necessities but not that<br>> what makes us enjoy life?<br>> <br>> Technology has developed quicker than the entertainment industries can<br>
> comprehend. They cannot grasp what is possible today. They live in the<br>> time where gramophones, cassette tapes and video tapes were the only<br>> distribution method. Its ironic that they made the same arguments then,<br>
> yet they are still profitable. Today, our future is being limited by the<br>> corporation's failed business models.Their solution is to control the<br>> Internet itself. We have had enough. We are angry. We will no longer<br>
> take orders from oldfags dictating what we can and cannot do.<br>> <br>> ThePirateBay stands as a symbol representing our beliefs. The voice of<br>> the people should not be silenced by government let alone a private<br>
> company interested only in protecting their bottom line. Copyright laws<br>> as they exist today are far outdated and have no place in the modern world.<br>> <br>> We will continue our fight against these outdated laws. We will continue<br>
> to attack websites of those who are a danger to freedom on the Internet.<br>> We will continue to attack those who embrace censorship. You will not be<br>> able to hide your ludicrous ways to control us. We will expose you and<br>
> your intentions will be dealt with. This injustice must be corrected.<br>> <br>> We will not forgive. We will not forget.<br>> <br>> Yours (dis)respectfully,<br>> <br>> Operation Payback.<br>> <br>
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