Comments on: Why Activism Is Necessary, But Isn’t Enough To Save Net Liberty

By: ingo

ingo — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:40:00 +0000

Woahh. Hold on. Net Liberty is fundamental to forming democracies throughout the world. It does matter who controls the mechanisms and content of the internet. You only have to look at the show trials of Stalin’s era – hundreds of millions of people tuned into radio broadcasts throughout eastern europe to listen to confessions of people who had been tortured (sometimes for years before a confession was given) and eventually confessed to either being a spy for the CIA, British Intelligence, Zionist movements, etc. What you term a “commercial telecommunication product” is essentially a “medium of communication” as powerful as television, cinema, books, radio (in matter of fact it is all of these combined which should give you an idea of how powerful a tool the internet is). The Pirate Parties and the torrent scene is about ensuring that digital information flows freely without censorship. Your argument about “personal gain” falls down when you look at the individual actions of uploaders. Do you really think that someone sat down for three months scanning four volumes of a definitive history book and then a further month or two putting it together including the TOC just so they get some monetary gain. No one does that level of work for free unless its underpinned by deep held beliefs – in most cases its simply one of “every book in the world for everyone in the world”. We don’t want to see the world return to the Stalinism or Nazism of the past where whole groups of people and many individuals were targeted with extermination for being undesirable or a threat with no way of telling the outside world what was happening. The Pussy Riot trial may raise a giggle amongst younger members of the torrent scene (due to the great name they chose) but what they are protesting about is very true and relevant to all of us. Censorship is a dangerous thing and if the past teaches us anything its that governments when fully in control of the medium of communications are capable of commiting acts of incredible violence against people. To make sure you understand that this is universal and not directed against muslims, Putin. etc – where would our understanding of Iraq’s casualties post-Saddam be if Wikileaks hadn’t released the Iraq documents. As far as the Washington administration was concerned the “real” casualities figures made their situation in Iraq difficult so they lied (or witheld if you like) about it to their own people and the world.

We need a free interent. We need the Pirate Parties. We need to share.

By: zhuweng

zhuweng — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:05:00 +0000

http://lnk.co/I2VI9

By: Time to Wise Up

Time to Wise Up — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:36:00 +0000

All this stuff about Net Liberty is a stupid load of crap. The internet is a commercial telecommuncation product – available courtesy of ISP’s who for the most part are major corporations. All the Pirate Party is about is protecting vested interests who want to use and abuse for their own personal private gain – Nothing Else.

By: Asdahsdasd

Asdahsdasd — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:43:00 +0000

There is a way to stop this (or at least partially): any kind of monetary donation from a lobby group will be considered as bribe.

By: wanshang744

wanshang744 — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:49:00 +0000

http://al.ly/OwB

By: gengxiang

gengxiang — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:46:00 +0000

http://lnk.co/I2VI9

By: Hogyan lesz az internet szabad? [torrentfreak] | Millamédia | Béta

Hogyan lesz az internet szabad? [torrentfreak] | Millamédia | Béta — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:23:30 +0000

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By: meowmix

meowmix — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:20:00 +0000

nice to see some companies are prepared to fight for the internet the way is should be: free and open to all.

By: shaqimnsnsn

shaqimnsnsn — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:31:00 +0000

http://lnk.co/I2VI9

By: Adam S.

Adam S. — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:18:00 +0000

The way to force “the powers that be” to change is through direct action that costs powers that be a LOT of money.

Gandhi getting India consumers to boycott British textiles (and make and wear homespun cloth instead) cost the Brits a fortune and was a huge part of what got Brits to tale India self rule negotiation more seriously