The Pirate Bay’s quest to buy an island free of copyright law (WI...
The Pirate Bay’s quest to buy an island free of copyright law (WID Jan 16 p7) produced a faction aiming to found a society with broader goals than evading DMCA takedown notices. The Free Nation Foundation wants to “establish…
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an ecologically sustainable society that provides the freedom to advance humanity through science, reason and cooperation.” The only restrictions on personal freedom that the nascent group would impose are “upon actions that disallow the freedom of others,” and it emphasizes “information sharing” as a core principle. The foundation has “encompassed new ideals” and broken with its Swedish copyfighting colleagues, which means abandoning immediate attempts to buy land for a new country, it said: “Our current plan is to build the organization that can make the ideas of the society a reality.” People who want to contribute to discussion can post to project forums and join official IRC discussions -- www.freenationfoundation.org.