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Parallels Between Religious and Copyright Wars

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македонски · Паралели помеѓу верските војни и војните за авторски права
Español · Paralelos entre guerras religiosas y de derechos de autor
Ελληνικά · Παραλληλισμοί μεταξύ πολέμων περί θρησκείας και πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων
Deutsch · Parallelen zwischen Religions- und Urheberrechtskriegen
Français · Parallèle entre guerres de religion et guerres des droits d’auteur

Rick Falkvinge, the founder of Pirate Party, reinterprets the wars of religion that devastated Western Europe in the XVI and XVII centuries in terms of the current struggle to control information through overbearing legislation related to copyright and freedom of expression:

The religious wars were never about religion as such. They were about who held the power of interpretation, about who controlled the knowledge and culture available to the masses. It was a war of gatekeepers of information.

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