ROMANI ITE DOMUM On 17 March 2010 12:15, Alex Mace <a...@hollytree.co.uk> wrote:
> Irony fail. > > :-p > > Alex > > On 17 Mar 2010, at 11:39, vijay chopra wrote: > > AFAIK there's no "competing" Peoples Front of Judea ^W ^W ^W ^W Pirate > party. It's just important to maintain a "brand image". That, and I'm a > pedant. > > Vijay. > > On 17 March 2010 11:32, Alex Mace <a...@hollytree.co.uk> wrote: > >> Is this the Judean People's Front? >> >> Alex >> >> On 17 Mar 2010, at 11:18, vijay chopra wrote: >> >> Just a minor nitpick: >> It's the Pirate Party UK, not the UK pirate party... >> /me is a member. >> </pedant> :p >> >> regards, >> Vijay >> >> On 17 March 2010 00:37, Tim Dobson <li...@tdobson.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I've just found out that Andrew Robinson, leader of the UK Pirate >>> Party[1] will be speaking in Manchester on Thursday evening. >>> >>> A graphic designer by trade and a musician in his spare time, Andrew >>> heads up the UK Pirate party - a political party - registered with the >>> electoral register with "Reform copyright and patent law" as one of it's >>> core aims. >>> >>> He is going to be speaking at the launch event of Manchester Free Culture >>> Society[2], a newly formed group to encourage discussion and debate about >>> free culture and copyright with relation to creative works. >>> >>> ----- >>> >>> I'm told that the launch night will also feature: >>> >>> John Harris, Director of the ISEI (Institute for Science, Ethics and >>> Innovation)[3] >>> >>> Creative Commons licenced band: I am Ten Ninja[4] >>> >>> A short film by Lawrence Lessig[5] >>> >>> Plus art, music, literature and software etc. >>> >>> ------ >>> >>> As I mentioned, the event is this Thursday evening, in the council >>> chambers at at Manchester University Student Union. >>> >>> The event is due to start at 6.30pm and go on until about 8pm. >>> >>> How to Get to the SU (Manchester Academy!): >>> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=m13+9PR >>> >>> http://www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk/contact_location/steve_biko_building_academy >>> >>> ------ >>> >>> On a personal note, I'm not totally convinced that Mr Robinson has got it >>> right, however I think that discussion and public debate about these issues >>> is the only way of coming to a general consensus. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> ------ >>> >>> Footnotes: >>> [1] http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/about/ >>> [2] http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=190893819841 >>> [3] http://www.isei.manchester.ac.uk/about/welcome/ >>> [4] http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Am-Ten-Ninja/114582563775 >>> [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig >>> >>> ------ >>> >>> Facebook event: >>> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=365903817097 >>> >>> >>> >>> - >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >>> please visit >>> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >>> Unofficial list archive: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >>> >> >> >> > > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
