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> The thing is copyright no longer makes sense. From a democratic point of view, it doesnt even _matter_ whether it makes sense or not. The only thing that mat

> The thing is copyright no longer makes sense. From a democratic point of view, it doesnt even _matter_ whether it makes sense or not. The only thing that matters is whether we, as a society, collectively _want_ private, non-commercial copying (i.e. filesharing) to be illegal or not. Knowing that "we" probably would make non-commercial copying legal, "they" simply do not let us vote on it. Copyright is basically locked out of any democratic decision process, worldwide. Basically all existing political parties shield copyright away from democratic influence like a sanctum. Only in the recent 2-3 years, in a number of european countries, people have realized that voting on this issue in the current system will basically forever be impossible and have formed pirate parties focused solely on getting rid of the filesharing prohibition.

Jugglernaut 15y ago
Seeing as it is legal to share files non-commercially in Switzerland I'd say that worldwide is a stretch. It's also getting there in other countries. The momentum is behind the sharing, not behind the institutions upholding the barricades.
cabalamat 15y ago
> people have realized that voting on this issue in the current system will basically forever be impossible and have formed pirate parties focused solely on getting rid of the filesharing prohibition. "Solely" would be an exaggeration. The filesharing issue is merely one issue -- albeit a very prominent one -- where governments have acted in the interests of big business not the electorate. Pirates also care about: - abuse of idea/infomation monopolies such as patents on drugs and software - other areas where governments are infringing people's digital rights, e.g. spying on people's communications using the excuse of terrorism and pedophilia - Pirates appreciate that a root cause is that governments do what big business wants, therefore want to get money out of politics and strengthen democracy

Jugglernaut 15y ago

Seeing as it is legal to share files non-commercially in Switzerland I'd say that worldwide is a stretch. It's also getting there in other countries. The momentum is behind the sharing, not behind the institutions upholding the barricades.

cabalamat 15y ago

> people have realized that voting on this issue in the current system will basically forever be impossible and have formed pirate parties focused solely on getting rid of the filesharing prohibition. "Solely" would be an exaggeration. The filesharing issue is merely one issue -- albeit a very prominent one -- where governments have acted in the interests of big business not the electorate. Pirates also care about: - abuse of idea/infomation monopolies such as patents on drugs and software - other areas where governments are infringing people's digital rights, e.g. spying on people's communications using the excuse of terrorism and pedophilia - Pirates appreciate that a root cause is that governments do what big business wants, therefore want to get money out of politics and strengthen democracy