[-empyre-] laws, outlaws & golden pirates

[shu lea cheang]

hi,  magnus

I had much doubt about how the 3 strike gonna work, for sure.

before i get into the talk about public engagement/innovative with 
paolo, a quick response to this one. I never meant for pirate 
republic nor the kingdom adrift in the sea to be a utopia state, and 
i also afraid that we are running out of alternative. I think it is 
about mobilizing the public, strategies to engage public...

best
sl




>Hi Shu Lea & Paolo,
>
>I see that efforts to introduce the three strikes rule in the virtual
>domain didn't succeed, at least in recent France and Germany
>
>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/germany-walks-away-from-three-strikes-internet-policy.ars
>
>This handling of petty freeloaders of the virtual puts me in mind of fare
>dodgers on public transport, where in Germany, I believe, the three
>strikes rule can lead to a custodial sentence. This is expensive to
>administer, for sure. But I wonder, is the analogy appropriate at all? Is
>the
>pirate republic a utopia or a purely pragmatic alternative - for the net
>users threatened with being marooned by (the real) pirate kings?
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Magnus