Campaign

Piracy is not theft / La pirateria non è furto

Norwegian political party Rødt started a campaign called “This is what a criminal looks like” to challenge the notion that file sharing is a crime in support of the Pirate Bay trial started on Monday . The message is simple “File-sharing is good, allowing people to share music, movies and culture” and if you call file-sharers criminal, it means we are all criminals. And they invite people to upload their own picture. Since the beginning , movie and music industry based their campaigns on the wrong concept that copying is like stealing (remember:  I wouldn’t steal a car ?), confusing two different concepts: It’s clear that they won’t be able to stop technological innovation and development by force, and if they keep hiding themselves that we are witnessing a paradigm shift they are only  wasting time that could be used to develop  a new kind of business model. ———————- (IT) Il partito norvegese di sinistra Rødt ha lanciato la campagna

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Headache and war / Mal di testa e guerra

(EN) Designers Against Human Rights Abuse (Dahra) organization was founded in the summer of 2008 and exists to promote and raise awareness amongst those involved in the creative industry of their social, political and ethical responsibilities. The video in this post is one of the contributions you can find on its website and was made by Mato Atom. ————– (IT) L’organizzazione non profit Designers Against Human Rights Abuse (Dahra) è stata fondata nell’estate del 2008 con lo scopo di promuovere e accrescere la consapevolezza di tutti coloro che lavorano nelle industrie creative rispetto alle loro responsabilità sociali, politiche ed etiche. Il video in questo post è uno dei contributi che puoi trovare sul loro sito e è stato creato da Mato Atom.

America’s garden / Giardino d’America

(EN) In a week Obama and his family will move to the White House and this video is part of a campaign organized by kitchen gardeners to request to the 44th President of USA the planting of an organic farm on the grounds of his new house and give a good example to the nation. It’s not a new thing: Victory Gardens were so common during WWII that produced 40% of the nation’s produce! And if you’re into vintage videos, take a look at this other video. ———- (IT) Tra una settimana Obama e la sua famiglia si traferiranno alla Casa Bianca e questo video è parte di una  campagna organizzata da  kitchen gardeners per convincere al 44esimo presidente degli Stati Uniti a piantare un’orto biologico proprio nel giardino della sua nuova casa e dare il buon esempio alla nazione. Non si tratta di una novità: i Victory Gardens erano così diffusi durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale da produrre il

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Give them diarrhea for Xmas / A Natale diarrea per tutti

(EN) Food Standards Agency, the independent watchdog established to protect the public’s health and consumer interests in relation to food safety, launched this funny campaign to remind people to keep food refrigerated this holiday season. Very new retro. ——— (IT) Food Standards Agency, l’agenzia indipendente con l’obiettivo di proteggere la salute pubblica e gli interessi dei consumatori in relazione al cibo,  ha lanciato questa divertente campagna per ricordare a tutti di tenere il cibo ben refrigerato e conservato durante i giorni dei megabanchetti casalinghi. Molto new retro.