It looks like the internet archive is needed assistance, I just heard about this today and figured lemmy could help spread this message around

  • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v
    70•7 months ago

    Europe is voting this weekend. If you care about copyright reform, you should consider voting for the European Pirate Party. IA is probably in the wrong here, legally. But many would argue it’s morally right to have free access to information. Sure, shadow libraries are popping up everywhere and we have access to more information than ever before, but if we really want access for everyone, we need different copyright laws, and for that we need politicians.

      • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
        8•7 months ago

        Does voting for a party like that even help anything? I’m asking because my voting experience is US, and everyone knows how many parties matter here. So I’m curious.

        • @viking@infosec.pub
          11•7 months ago

          It does a bit, since every party will be represented in the European council based on the number of votes they have. It’s not an election where the winner takes all.

          I think the pirates had one or two representatives in the council, which is enough to start debates and make proposals. They obviously can’t push anything through by themselves.

        • @IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          7•7 months ago

          Yes. In most European countries even small parties can get seats. In my country there are 8 parties in parliament, for example, and 2 of them didn’t use to be there 2 election cycles ago (they were too small/new 8 years ago but eventually grew in popularity and got enough votes for representation).

          Of course if they only have 1 or 2 members in parliament they typcily tend to form coalitions with other like-minded parties so they can get more voting power.

          • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
            2•7 months ago

            I wonder how many people that aren’t from the US running around telling people to vote third party their are, because of what you just described.

    • @EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml
      8•7 months ago

      For Germean voters there is the WahloMat to help with the voting choice (a dozen of questions and in the end shows how much overlap there is with all the parties): https://www.wahl-o-mat.de/europawahl2024/app/main_app.html

      The major issue is that if you care about CopyRight: Party A. Easier to comply with regulation: Party B. Migration: Party C. Environment: Party D.

      And all of the choices (A-D) have some very removed, prominent positions that you strongly oppose and in the end, have no clue what to elect and choose the least worst option and hope for the best.