Dnia środa, 21 stycznia 2015 11:16:03 Cathal Garvey pisze:
That's one of the reasons ACTA got killed in the EU. Amelia Andersdotter, among a few others, was doing an amazing job in the EuroParliament around this topic.
Indeed, the Pirates are seriously punching above their weight in terms of influence in EU. So much so that the other "mainstream" parties have started adopting pirate policies to greater/lesser extents; this actually lead to a drop in pirate votes, but on balance it's a good sign.
Yup. Admittedly a bit naïvely, but here's something I wrote some time ago: http://rys.io/en/78 http://rys.io/en/80
Now, Julia Reda is in charge of the draft proposals for copyright reform in the EU. They put a pirate in charge of that. And, she's done broad consultations through net and otherwise, she's publicised every visit from lobbyists, and she's released an evidence-heavy report with recommendations for serious reform; not the hardcore pirate outcome, but something no other kind of EU politician would have come out with.
Absolutely. She's already getting some flak from the copyright reform maximalists, but I think that even a small positive change in the copyright regime in the EU would be a huge step forward. And there is no way we're going to make any large changes, not with IFPI, ZAiKS and other "MAFIAA"'s of the EU.
Amelia and Julia are rockstars. I've been waiting and poking for a Pirate Party in Ireland to form so I can try and send more quality MEPs over to Brussels but we always lag behind on my island. :)
Sadly, the Polish Pirate Party is a joke: http://rys.io/en/119 So be careful what you wish for. -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147