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Is there substantial "no IP whatsoever" constituency somewhere? Is there a movement or party advocating this? Are there jurisdictions with essentially this fr

by jMyles 6y ago

Is there substantial "no IP whatsoever" constituency somewhere? Is there a movement or party advocating this? Are there jurisdictions with essentially this framework in place? I'm curious to see what it looks like. I have trouble imagining the internet tolerating any other configuration 100 years from now.

jessaustin 6y ago
Another article at TF: https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-mep-elected-vice-president-of-eu-parliament-190704/ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-mep-elected-vice-presi...
tandr 6y ago
If we ever colonize Mars, it might become one for a little stretch of time. Just like America was at the beginning, China not long ago, etc.
- BLKNSLVR 6y ago
  Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy[0] goes into minute detail of the politics of colonising Mars. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy
uabstraction 6y ago
There was a wave of Pirate Parties about a decade ago, but they never gained even as much traction as the Greens. Onerous enforcement of intellectual property is just one of the many issues we face with the Internet today, next to the colossal monopolization of social media platforms, internet service providers, and browser vendors. Not to mention severe invasions of privacy driven primarily by global imperialism (alphabet soup intelligence agencies) and surveillance capitalism (Facebook, Google, Twitter, Reddit et. all). The Internet is undergoing the same process of enclosure and capital accumulation as the rest of the world we live in. This is the fate it is consigned to, as long as people are unwilling to question the economic assumptions we take for granted. All of these decisions which negatively impact the Internet are made for one of two reasons: Accumulating capital, or protecting capital that has already been accumulated. Therefore, a broad anti-capitalist front is the only way something in opposition to this will have any teeth. There is simply no way for a political movement focused on a specific niche issue like like net neutrality or free exchange of information to stand on its own, or make the state face any consequences for malfeasance. For the same reason we don't have a significant political party of librarians, even though it would really kick ass if we did.

by jMyles 6y ago

jessaustin 6y ago

Another article at TF: https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-mep-elected-vice-president-of-eu-parliament-190704/ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-mep-elected-vice-presi...

tandr 6y ago

If we ever colonize Mars, it might become one for a little stretch of time. Just like America was at the beginning, China not long ago, etc.

BLKNSLVR 6y ago
Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy[0] goes into minute detail of the politics of colonising Mars. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy

uabstraction 6y ago

There was a wave of Pirate Parties about a decade ago, but they never gained even as much traction as the Greens. Onerous enforcement of intellectual property is just one of the many issues we face with the Internet today, next to the colossal monopolization of social media platforms, internet service providers, and browser vendors. Not to mention severe invasions of privacy driven primarily by global imperialism (alphabet soup intelligence agencies) and surveillance capitalism (Facebook, Google, Twitter, Reddit et. all). The Internet is undergoing the same process of enclosure and capital accumulation as the rest of the world we live in. This is the fate it is consigned to, as long as people are unwilling to question the economic assumptions we take for granted. All of these decisions which negatively impact the Internet are made for one of two reasons: Accumulating capital, or protecting capital that has already been accumulated. Therefore, a broad anti-capitalist front is the only way something in opposition to this will have any teeth. There is simply no way for a political movement focused on a specific niche issue like like net neutrality or free exchange of information to stand on its own, or make the state face any consequences for malfeasance. For the same reason we don't have a significant political party of librarians, even though it would really kick ass if we did.