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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Toen ik een keer helemaal
over mijn nek ging van de luchtfietsende filosofen heb ik bijgaand A4-tje
smengesteld met piratenprincipes. Eenvoud is het kenmerk van het ware, volgens
mij. Nee, zeker geen propagandatekst, meer een soort "mission
statement".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">De echte "realo's" zoals
Christian Engsström hebben zo'n A4-tje niet eens nodig.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">De "fundi's" filosoferen
over mensenrechten tot St. Juttemis.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">(Realo's en fundi's waren
begrippen bij de Duitse Groenen - realisten en fundamentalisten. Gelukkig zijn
wij Nederlanders een nuchter volkje).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">De PDF is te groot voor de
mailing list dus plak ik het verhaal maar hierachter. Nog onvertaald.
Toegegeven, heeft een vrij groot "open deur" gehalte - maar als dit allemaal in
8 wordt genomen is het al heel wat.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">reinier</FONT></DIV>
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<H1 class=western>Statement of Principles for the "Pirate" Movement</H1>
<OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">The <I>purpose</I> of the "Pirate" movement is
to strive for a balanced public information and culture policy in the
Information Age. "Information policy" includes (but is not necessarily limited
to):</P>
<OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">So-called "intellectual property": copyright,
patent law, trademark law etc.</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Privacy in the broadest sense of the
word.</P></LI></OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">The <I>problem</I> is the lack of balance in the
political process:</P>
<OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">"Intellectual property" policy presently is
geared almost exclusively to the interests of the potential rights owners,
instead of the general interest, for purposes such as the promotion of
culture and innovation.</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Privacy is unduly sacrificed for safety and
law enforcement purposes.</P></LI></OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">The <I>method</I> of the Pirate movement is to
politicise these issues, and to strive for a proper political representation
of interests in order to restore the balance of arguments on these issues.</P>
<OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Politics require a practical approach, geared
towards decision making. Coalitions and compromises are not excluded as a
matter of principle, if only the policy can be improved in the direction
desired by the Pirate movement.</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Presently, the general public may not be
properly informed on the Pirate movement issues, if only due to persistent
disinformation campaigns by opponents. So there should be a strong emphasis
on educating the general public.</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Unlike some populist parties, Pirates do not
question the present political system <I>per se</I>, but exploit it.
</P></LI></OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Pirate Parties should foster the highest level
of political <I>ethics</I>. Their opinions may (and will) be considered
unusual, but should always be seen as reasonable, realistic, and "decent".
Ethics are an important asset against opponents who do not observe ethics, or
make false ethics claims.</P></LI></OL></DIV></BODY></HTML>