Copyright regime vs. civil liberties

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Uploaded by on Oct 8, 2007

Google Tech Talks
July 31, 2007

ABSTRACT

Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the Swedish Pirate Party and the international politicized pirate movement, talks about the rise and success of pirates, and why pirates are necessary in today's politics. He'll also outline the next steps in the pirates' strategy to change global copyright laws.

The fight against copyright aggression tends to focus on economic aspects of the shift to a networked economy. Rick explains how this conflict is much more important than that: the fight against the copyright regime is about the right to fundamental civil liberties - down to the postal secret, whistleblower protection, freedom of the press, and the very right to...

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  • Great video ! Pirates ftw !

  • Great to see the video uploaded, there was a talk here in Tampere as well. It's a scary perspective, good thing there are some people aware of what's happening.

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  • Important video! 

  • Very nice talk!

  • EU Power!! Pirate party power!

  • fair enough. still a bit ironic.

  • It's kinda funny that google choose to put a copyright on this video.. Yaar! go pirate..

  • Great! :) Vote for PIRATPARTIET before June 7 - EU 2009!

  • This video does not represent the views of Google, so why wouldn't there be copyright notice?

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