Kopimism
Today, information is ownable. This entails a complex system of statutory regulations that prohibit the transmission of information and limit our powers of free speech in order to protect the financial interests of content creators.
There is a fundamentally different way, hereafter referred to as Kopimism, that is at odds with today's complex and self-defeating system of intellectual property. Kopimism is simpler, more efficient, and arguably better for everybody in the long run.
Kopimism is so good because it is in harmony with (and better exploits) the natural laws of reality. Information is intangible, inexhaustible, illuminating, and a duality of matter. As all matter wants to fall, information wants to be free. Kopimists take advantage of these sacred (given) properties of reality.
We have an opportunity to introduce Kopimism to the mainstream by propagating this normative way and understanding of Kopimism that arrises naturally from our understanding of reality. Our mission is to unite the factions for information rights and transition the United States (and consequently the world) towards a society of complete information freedom through reasoning and understanding. Together we can transition to a Kopimist society by transforming our understanding of nature and our own way of being.
News
* Brainstorm and meet to discuss, Dec 16th 2012 * Let's create a static website on kopimism.org * Let's design cards to hand out to gain members
General Info
- IRC: ##kopimism (not #kopimism)
- URL: http://kopimism.org (not up yet)
- Meeting: At SudoRoom, Sunday afternoons at 1:00pm
Kopimist Credo
- I do not copyright my work nor patent my inventions, but publish them in the public domain unless I wish to keep them private
- I encourage others to copy/modify/publish/implement my work
- I give credit where it is due to the best of my ability
- I demand the right to copy/modify/publish/implement any information presented to me for anyone who wants it
- I respect the privacy of others
Discussion Points
- Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks
- DRM encoding/decoding
- Ethics, or what is not allowed
- California Pirate Party
- Radio wave regulations
Links
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_Church_of_Kopimism
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Kopimism/ (we might want to lead the discussion on Reddit)