hey on the copyright issue ...
i think it would be a good opportunity to provoke people to think about copyright - to release a statement way outside of the arguments of this debate, and go for the throat. in my mind that is a statement outlining that we think the current debate is ridiculous because copyright is broken and useless. so, perhaps the position to take, and one that might provoke people to think and might also catch some news-space, is to tell people that we dont want copyright at all... adam On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 14:46 +1200, Douglas Bagnall wrote: > hello list. > > You have probably heard of fuss over "section 92a", a proposed amendment > to copyright law that would allow for your internet connection to be cut > when someone says you are using it piratically. It got passed as law, > put on hold, thrown out, and is now perhaps fighting its way back. > > Throughout all of this ADA has had no position. It seems to me that we > share considerable membership (that's you list subscribers) with the > Creative Freedom Foundation who led the battle against section 92 -- but > we probably also share members with APRA and SPADA who supported the > proposal. So if we do take a position, it is not immediately clear what > it should be. > > The CFF and its opponents are being terribly pragmatic and tactical in > what they call for. They are fighting over what the actual law will look > like, letter by letter. Personally I'm in favour of a far more anarchic > situation than anything the CFF dares advocate. I understand their > reasons, of course, but it makes me wonder: if ADA expresses an official > opinion, should it be unashamedly fringe? Should put out press releases > like they did manifestos 100 years ago? > > Probably nothing will come of this. I'm just curious as to whether ADA > members want their trust to be making statements on stuff like this, and > if so, what they want said. > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ -- Adam Hyde Founder FLOSS Manuals German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563 Email : [email protected] irc: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals "Free manuals for free software" http://www.flossmanuals.net/about _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
