don't forget that Italy never achieved a real democracy status by western standards. have a look at Amnesty International reports, and the freedom of press reports, and you'll find out things you wouldn't expect out of a EU member country!
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:51 PM, marc garrett <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi xDxD, > > I look forward to reading an English version of Luca Neri's publication > in the future, I'm sure this will happen. If anyone wishes to buy it > (Italian only) - here is a link > http://www.bandashop.it/product.php?id=71&pos=0 > > >which is just as if person X, today, would go to the police and say > "oh, well, > >i THINK that xDxD (or marc garrett, or anyone else) is a criminal". > And the > >police come after me. With no proof or documentation apart from some > >screenshots in which a series of *rows show numbers separated by dots > next > >to a date and a string containing the name of a movie, dot AVI* . > > Whether people are good, bad, innocent or criminals is not necessarily > an important criteria in relation to judging if someone is a threat - it > is more about eliminating 'the potential of authentic change' which > dares to exist on its own terms, beyond and further than corporate or > government orientated realms of control. > > The only proof needed is suspicion. A psychologically enduced Panopticon > state of play, festering on ignorance and paranoia which in turn > incorporates a savage reliance of modern day witch trials - scaring > those who may know what is going on in the world to take stock and > witness others going through the process of ritualized, public > humiliation from bullying authorities. Many classified as criminals, > whilst the real criminals enjoy their extreme forms of liberation via > their privelaged positions. > > marc > > > > > Helo there! > > > > yes it is incredible. even more as the whole process began with the > trialfor k being started with a unilateral accusation, sponsored by > consulents of the editors' and publishers' organizations present in > italy (such as SIAE and FMI). > > > > which is just as if person X, today, would go to the police and say > "oh, well, i THINK that xDxD (or marc garrett, or anyone else) is a > criminal". And the police come after me. With no proof or documentation > apart from some screenshots in which a series of *rows show numbers > separated by dots next to a date and a string containing the name of a > movie, dot AVI* . > > > > but then again, italy's not the easiest of places to be during these > last few years. reminds a lot of the 1940's, in a new mediatical form. > > > > we co-organized with RomaEuropaFAKEFactory and Art is Open Source a > meeting on/with the Pirate Bay on the same day as the presentation in > the senate, together with Luca Neri, who recently published a book on > the whole issue: > > > > > > http://www.artsblog.it/post/3146/speciale-reff-part-2-reffternoon-al-flexi-con-luca-neri-21-marzo-ore-1800 > > > > and then there has been a big event which received lots of media > coverage: > > > > http://www.no-copyright.net/ > > > > (sorry, the reports are in italian, but they might prove useful anyway) > > > > nothing has changed. :( > > > > take care! > > xDxD > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:35 PM, marc garrett > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Italian Pirate Bay Trial in the Making. > > > > Following the Swedish verdict, Italy is now considering starting > its own > > trial against the people involved with The Pirate Bay. This would > be the > > first criminal prosecution against the Pirate Bay 'founders' outside > > their home country. > > > > During August last year, The Pirate Bay was "censored" in Italy when > > ISPs were ordered to block access to the worlds largest BitTorrent > > tracker. The Pirate Bay appealed the block and eventually won the > court > > case. In October the Court of Bergamo ruled that no foreign > website can > > be censored for alleged copyright infringement. > > > > However, with the Swedish verdict against The Pirate Bay in hand, > the > > Italian justice authority is now looking into the possibility of > > starting their very own trial against the Pirate Bay 'operators'. > > Interesting to say the least, because The Pirate Bay and those > involved > > with the site have no direct link to Italy. > > > > more... > > > http://torrentfreak.com/italian-pirate-bay-trial-in-the-making-090502/ > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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