Maybe overhaul, but I don't support "outright distruction of of the
copyright & patent systems" . We can't ignore the strong economic and moral reasons for copyright and patent protection. What we do fight for, in my opinion, is restoring reasonable balance - of which state sanctioned DRM, among other things, is not a part...
dpk
On 8/2/06, Gavin Baker <grbaker@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, we have had a 'Pirate Party' here for 30 years, only we call
> ourselves "Libertarians". The overhaul or outright distruction of of the
> copyright & patent systems are one of the 'long-term' goals of the party.
> Wake up kids, I'm over thirty now and have been a Lib for most of my adult
> life.
Interesting, I don't seem to see this in the platform. Links?
Here's an interesting tidbit from the U.S. Greens' 2004 platform, which
I've posted here before:
"The Green Party opposes patenting or copyrighting lifeforms,
algorithms, DNA, colors or commonly-used words and phrases. We support
broad interpretation and ultimate expansion of the Fair Use of
copyrighted works. We support open source and copyleft models in order
to promote the public interest and the spirit of copyright."
http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/economics.html#247901
And there's the snippet about RMS and a potential French presidential
candidate:
http://www.fsf.org/news/stallman-royal.html
What else?
Gavin
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