The document summarizes a presentation by Rick Falkvinge of the Pirate Party on copyright industries vs. civil liberties. The Pirate Party advocates for civil liberties like privacy, freedom of communication, and equal treatment online and offline. Falkvinge argues that file sharing will continue and that copyright laws are stifling entrepreneurship on open platforms and mobile devices. He urges supporting the Pirate Party's political goals of protecting civil liberties to foster a healthy climate for entrepreneurs.

1. Copyright Industries
vs. Civil Liberties
Rick Falkvinge
Piratpartiet
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2. Image: shelter
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3. Image: windmill
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4. Presentation
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6. Pirate Party Quick Facts
Created in 2006 in Sweden
7.1% in European Elections – two seats in EP
Largest party for first-time voters
Active in 40+ other countries – including here
Civil Liberties movement
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7. Civil Liberties movement
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8. Civil Liberties movement
Transparency of government
Privacy for the citizen
Secrecy of communications
Freedoms of expression, opinion
Freedom to create
Freedom to invent
Same laws should apply online and offline
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9. Historically
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11. Previous Distribution Games
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12. All of this has happened before.
All of this will happen again.
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14. 1453
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16. Catholic Church
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17. 1535
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19. United Kingdom
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20. Queen Mary I
a.k.a. Bloody Mary
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21. May 4, 1557
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22. copyright
ITC 2009

23. 1849
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24. Libraries
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25. Outlaw!
1849, public libraries
1905, player piano
1930, broadcast radio
1950s, tape recorder
1960s, photocopier
1970s, cassette recorder
1980s, video cassette recorder
1997, MP3 player
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26. Who are Piratpartiet, politically?
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27. same laws
online as offline
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28. postal secret
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29. postal anonymity
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30. messenger immunity
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31. freedom to communicate
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32. right to privacy
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33. File sharing will never stop
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34. Open platform
mobile devices
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35. Killing the internet and
mobile entrepreneurship
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36. Killing YOUR mobile
distribution game
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37. Example with Dutch verdict
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38. politically
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39. Politically
● Postal secret
● Anonymity
● Messenger immunity
● Freedom to communicate
● Right to privacy
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40. Fundamental civil liberties
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41. Entrepreneurship
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42. Functioning market
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43. Metro
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44. Volvic, Evian
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45. Entrepreneur Climate
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46. dinosaurs
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47. need to die
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48. This is now a POLITICAL
battle, not a market battle
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49. What you can do to help your
business climate
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50. Vote pirate in two days
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51. Turn the ears of the politicians
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52. Global impact
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53. Shelters or windmills?
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54. Image: shelter
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55. Image: windmill
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56. “In winds of change, some people
build shelters, and other people
build windmills.”
Chinese proverb
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57. Build the Future.
Build windmills.
Rick Falkvinge (Pirate Party SE)
rick.falkvinge@piratpartiet.se
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