FSF Starts Anti-ACTA Campaign

judgecorp writes "Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman has said in a blog post that the ACTA file-sharing proposals punish users unfairly. He wrote, 'Any time there is a proposal to change things for the worse, the obvious way to oppose it is to campaign for the status quo. To campaign for the status quo suggests the approach of singing its praises; thus, praising WIPO is a natural way to highlight how ACTA is a step for the worse. However, where there have been previous changes for the worse, lauding the status quo tends to legitimize them. The past 20 years have seen global waves of harmful changes in copyright law — some promoted by WIPO. To confront a further assault by presenting the status quo as ideal means we stop fighting to reverse them. It means that our adversaries need only propose a further affront to our rights to gain our acceptance of their last affront. Instead of making the status quo our ideal, we should demand positive changes to recover freedoms already lost.' The FSF has launched a petition against the ACTA proposals."

Comments

Re:Status.... Um.... What?

[xzc]

Don't worry, Stallman is the biggest ass-fucked immature fuck on Earth.

Re:let ACTA pass

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

this really means something, and what it means is: copyright law (as applied to end consumers), is dead, and unenforceable ...

UNENFORCEABLE. END OF STORY

"Oh, OK. Well, thanks fans, it's been fun while it lasted.

Sincerely, 99% of artists."

Or perhaps, that letter should have gone a little differently.

"Fuck you pirate! I'll decide how I'll work for myself, thank you very much! If I could, assuming I'd even want to, tour 365 days per year, or scrounge off your petty merchandising cash, I wouldn't have signed with that soul-sucking, money-grubbing label in the first place, you preachy little ignorant prick!

Make your own damn music. I pity those who would do it for you."

Well, If I were a recording artist, that would be my response. I sure as hell wouldn't put up with this kind of bullshit. Artists need to rise up soon, or they very soon will be downtrodden and oppressed by those who claim to support freedom, but in reality, care only about their own license.

(Please note: the use of swear words is appropriate for the context, and is not meant to incite a flame response; this is genuinely how I feel this particularly offensive post should be rebutted. Also note that this post does not constitute an approval of the ACTA or any of its parts.)