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Beware Red FlagsOn The Internet
Rick FalkvingeFounder of the first Pirate Party
@Falkvinge
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Beware Red FlagsOn The Net
Rick FalkvingeFounder of the first Pirate Party
@Falkvinge
GOTO 2012, Aarhus@Falkvinge
Beware Red FlagsOn The Net
Rick FalkvingeFounder of the first Pirate Party
@Falkvinge
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@Falkvinge
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Introduction
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How many here have heard of
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How many here have heard ofthe Swedish Pirate Party?
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(one-half to two-thirds)
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How many here have heard of
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How many here have heard ofANY OTHER Swedish party?
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(scattered hands)
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so...
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The Net
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Copying and Sharing
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Civil Liberties
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pirates
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Stand tall
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2 seats in European Parliament50 seats in German Parliaments
150+ seats on local councils56 countries
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Beware Red Flags On The Net
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[image: red flag]
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Digital Photography Pioneers?
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Polaroid
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Kodak
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IMAGE roll of film
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Polaroid went bankrupt in 2001.
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Kodak went bankrupt this year.
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Most incumbents don't ignore new technology.
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They attack it and try to have it banned, killed, neutered.
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Today's Entertainment:
● Who are we? (“Just A Protest Party”)
● Reactions of Incumbents
● Industries threatened by Information (many!)
● Industries threatened by the Net (many more!)
● History repeats; Crystal Ball
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Today's Entertainment:
● Who are we? (“Just A Protest Party”)
● Reactions of Incumbents
● Industries threatened by Information (many!)
● Industries threatened by the Net (many more!)
● History repeats; Crystal Ball
● Coffee Break
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“Just a Protest Party”
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“Protest?”
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Wanting to change the status quois dissent by definition.
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Greens
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40 years ago
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Workers' movements
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80 years ago
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Liberals
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120 years ago
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40 years ago
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Rallying cries of youth were...
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Peace and Love
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...”sustainability”
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17-year-olds of today
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Free Speech and Openness
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a.k.a. “Leave the net alone”
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Not rocket science
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A letter in the mail – 40 years ago
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Anonymous
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Secret in transit
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Untracked
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Mailman never responsible
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Reasonable that our children have the same rights
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...entirely regardless whether somebody can no longer profit
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Reactions of Incumbents
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IMAGE: Red Flag
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automobile
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automobilehorseless carriage
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Horrible new invention
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unnatural
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new things scare people
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and horses
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“Red Flag Act” of 1865
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Three “crew” in every car
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Driver, stoker, red flag waver
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Driver, stoker, red flag waver
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Driver, stoker, red flag waver
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Safely (and slowly) transport people and cargo to
railroad, stagecoach stations
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Railroad and stagecoachindustries
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Limited usefulness
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Banned from competing with incumbents
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--in Britain!
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Germany's car industry gota 20-year head start
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Separating special interestsfrom public interest
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If an industry is obsolete,it is in the public interest
to move on.
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Electric car batteries
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(General Motors)
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This mistake is being repeatedover and over.
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Especially with the Net.
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Information is Dangerous
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sociologists
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SEQUENCE HERE:Church, Ideas, Printing Press, Ban
Image: Printing Press
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Image: Written Language
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SEQUENCE HERE:Church, Ideas, Printing Press,
Ban
Image: Church
SEQUENCE HERE:Church, Ideas,
Press, Ban
Image: Scribe
SEQUENCE HERE:Church, Ideas, Printing Press, Ban
Image: Printing Press
SEQUENCE HERE:Church, Ideas,
Printing Press, Ban
Image: Gallows
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copyright
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Powerful people
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use their power
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to keep their power
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If you can dictate true from false,
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If you can dictate true from false,you wield the most power of all.
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Newspapers
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About every five or ten years,the sky is falling
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Copyright Industry's Enemies
● 1905: Self-playing piano
● 1906: Gramophone
● 1920s: Broadcast Radio
● 1930s: Loudspeakers
● 1940s: Television
● 1950s: Cable Television
● 1972: Photocopier
● 1970s: Loudspeakers (again)
● 1970s: Cassette Tape
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Copyright Industry's Enemies (2)
● 1980s: Video Cassette Recorder
● 1980s: Digital Audio Cassette
● 1998: MP3
● 1999: The Internet
● 2000: Cloud-based music
● 2001: Digital Video Recorders
● 2003: High-definition TV
● 2006: Cloud-based music (again)
● 2012: Cloud Storage
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Throw Tantrums
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Throw TantrumsGet Taxpayer Money
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Crystal Ball:Industries Repeating Red Flags
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Disruption Takes Time
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Electricity
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IMAGE: Old factory
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60 years
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IMAGE: Modern factory
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Assumptions?
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1st industry: Postal Services
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1st industry: Postal Services(ignored e-mail)
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2nd industry: News Services
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2nd industry: News Services(ridiculed blogging)
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3rd industry: copyright industry
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Not safeguarding “content”,
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Not safeguarding “content”,but the implicit container
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4th industry: Banking
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Cryptocurrencies
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5% off of every transaction
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AND charge us per year
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Free services today --
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World-spanning encyclopediain all major and minor languages
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Searching every document worldwide for information
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Storing an infinite amount of data
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Publishing ideas to entire world
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What do banks charge for?
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Keeping a number in a database
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Keeping a number in a database(and maybe handling 12 messages a month)
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Disparity
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5th industry: Telco Industry
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Charge by minute for voice call
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Profit margins of 1,000,000%
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Profit margins of 1,000,000%
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6th disruption: Governments
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“bring out your popcorn”-typescenario
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All of this has happened before.
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All of this has happened before.All of this will happen again.
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“In winds of change, some people build shelters, and other people
build windmills.”Chinese proverb
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Beware Red FlagsOn The Internet
Rick Falkvinge (Pirate Party)[email protected]
@Falkvinge
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