The Case for Copyright Reform

Legalized file sharing, shorter protection times for the commercial copyright monopoly, free sampling, and a ban on DRM.These are the main points of the proposal for copyright reform thatthe Pirate Party is advocating, and which the Greens/EFA group in theEuropean Parliament adopted as its group position in September 2011.This is a constructive alternative to the controversial ACTA agreement,and to the criminalization of the entire young generation.This booklet explains why such a reform is both necessary andsustainable, and will benefit both citizens and artists.Rick Falkvinge is the founder of the first Pirate Party and a politicalevangelist, traveling around Europe and the world to talk and writeabout ideas of a sensible information policy. He has background as atech entrepreneur.Christian Engstrom is a Member of European Parliament for the SwedishPirate Party. Before becoming a politician he was an entrepreneur andcomputer programmer, who became involved in politics over the issue ofsoftware patents.