Cool to see you here, Jimmy, and thank you for everything you do!
This is precisely what I wanted to say. In order to convince Jane and Joe Average on the street, we cannot go around and give Star Wars references. We need to aim higher. Currently there are in many cases "geeks" and people related to IT that are Pirates, but in order to get broad acceptance for the Pirate ideals, we need to convince the "ordinary" people.
First of all: Remember, 25 % of people are above 65 yo. Second: People have kids to take care of, mortgage loans to pay and lawns to move, in the cases they have the luxury of having those kinds of problems. Sure, "Pirate" was probably a good way to get the party on the news back in 2006, but that just isn't the case anymore, just as the file sharing issue is dead-ish.
There higher ideals such as democracy and human rights are far more important than file sharing. And regardless, it wont be possible to uphold a ban on file sharing if those ideals are respected. The Pirate parties are immensely important, but the name with "Pirate" in it slows us down, and makes people think and discuss other less important issues instead.
Cool to see you here, Jimmy, and thank you for everything you do!
This is precisely what I wanted to say. In order to convince Jane and Joe Average on the street, we cannot go around and give Star Wars references. We need to aim higher. Currently there are in many cases "geeks" and people related to IT that are Pirates, but in order to get broad acceptance for the Pirate ideals, we need to convince the "ordinary" people.
First of all: Remember, 25 % of people are above 65 yo. Second: People have kids to take care of, mortgage loans to pay and lawns to move, in the cases they have the luxury of having those kinds of problems. Sure, "Pirate" was probably a good way to get the party on the news back in 2006, but that just isn't the case anymore, just as the file sharing issue is dead-ish.
There higher ideals such as democracy and human rights are far more important than file sharing. And regardless, it wont be possible to uphold a ban on file sharing if those ideals are respected. The Pirate parties are immensely important, but the name with "Pirate" in it slows us down, and makes people think and discuss other less important issues instead.