I've just joined the pirate party of australia
It has to be done. There is a huge and intensifying worldwide battle raging over freedom of information. If you support freedom then there is really no choice but to become actively involved in this battle. The politicians will only listen to those who are organised politically.
The draft manifesto is here. The manifesto is still being debated and needs improvement. The subheadings are:
- Development as a technologically advanced open society
- The spreading of culture and knowledge must not be hindered in any way
- Copyright
- Patents
- Privacy
- Open source software in publicly funded sectors
Here is a video interview of Richard Falkvinge, the founder of the Swedish Pirate Party.
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the culture of fear, apathy and play safe
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free culture: introduction
free culture: creators
free culture: pirates
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5 comments:
Is there a Pirate Party still active in Australia? The www.pirateparty.org.au link is forbidden and has a 404 error. Tried to search for it as well.
In any case, the governor general is asking for submissions for copyright reform, and I thought the Pirate Party would be interested.
See the issues paper http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Copyright_IssuesandReviews_Copyingphotosandfilmsforprivateuse.
Contact the Copyright Law Branch of the Attorney-General's Department on (02) 6250 6313 or e-mail: copyrightlawbranch(at)ag(dot)gov(dot)au
Sorry, I meant the Attorney General is asking for submissions.
Is there a Pirate Party still active in Australia? <-- i 2nd that.
I know a few people what would like to know/help out :)
Yep :) http://ppau.info
Their join form seams a bit broken?
http://pirateparty.org.au/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4
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