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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Brussels/Kazan did everything possible to kill that dream, as it can't be built on lies.<br><br>Lies do not marry emotions all that well.<br><br><br>Antonio.<br><br><br><div>> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:37:43 +0200<br>> From: pirate@valio.ch<br>> To: pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>> Subject: [pp.int.general] I had this dream once...<br>> <br>> ...of pirate woodstock<br>> <br>> a festival...<br>> ...whose infrastructure is crowdfounded<br>> ...where all financial requirements are openly visibly for everyone<br>> ...where there is no clear line inbetween musicians and visitors, but <br>> where everyone shall bring their cc0-ed [0] music, share it over <br>> public wifi, remix with other and publish it<br>> ...where everyone gets the chance by a random number generator to <br>> promote their music (or art) in a way that ze finds suitable (pirate <br>> radio, stage w/ streaming, remixed video, ...) and gets rewarded by a <br>> Flattr-like-mechanism<br>> ...which does not take place in a single country, but several; none <br>> (or at least: not all) centrally organized if possible; by applying to <br>> the rules stated above, you get on the stream channels of others and <br>> are allowed to call yourself part of the event<br>> ...that is as pirate as possible without getting way to illegal<br>> <br>> because<br>> ...we don't need huge corporations to organize huge festivals<br>> ...we don't need intermediaries that take profits in an amount that is <br>> hardly eligible<br>> ...we don't need anyone to tell who is worthy and who isn't depending <br>> on current mainstream traits, which are nothing but remixes as all art <br>> [1] without someone else playing a similar piece of music [2]<br>> ...we want a world where you get a chance as an artist and are not <br>> constantly told that your income problem is primary piracy (instead of <br>> obscurity [3]), are often exploited (even if you're on the chart list <br>> [4]) and are told you are producing "content" [5]<br>> ...we want a world that is united in the cyberspace [6] and one is not <br>> intended to be excluded by economical means<br>> ...we need a counterculture instead of just reacting to news and <br>> speaking about how we want the world<br>> <br>> Yes, I know this is not politics, but activism.<br>> Yes, I know there are initiatives at a small level, which are hardly noticed.<br>> Yes, I know this is probably beyond our possibilities and you'll call <br>> me an utopian fool.<br>> <br>> But if we are to follow the way down, I'm afraid we loose the fun.<br>> The fun that is necessary to bear with politics, not to forget why we <br>> are here [7] and not getting just another movement that becomes <br>> crusted very soon.<br>> <br>> -pat<br>> <br>> [0] Creative Commons - CC0 license <br>> http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/<br>> [1] Ferguson - Everything is a remix http://everythingisaremix.info/<br>> [2] The Axis of Awesome - 4 Chords http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ<br>> [3] Doctorow - the problem isn't piracy. the problem is obscurity. <br>> http://www.write4kids.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/doctorow.pdf<br>> [4] Love - Courtney Love does the math http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/<br>> [5] Stallman - Words to avoid - Content <br>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content<br>> [6] Barlow - A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace <br>> https://projects.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html<br>> [7] Falkvinge - why are you here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCbRX1YEqrs<br>> <br>> ____________________________________________________<br>> Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br>> pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>> http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></div> </div></body>
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