Piratbyran (Pirate Bay) Artist Talk + Guerrilla Music Swap Party, New York City, 4/26/2009
Please join us this Sunday evening for an artist talk and presentation by Sara Sajjad, a founding member of Swedish arts collective Piratbyran (the Bureau of Piracy).
Sajjad will discuss their popular project The Pirate Bay, the world's largest bit torrent file-sharing service on the internet. A landmark trial pitting the Svandanavian pirates vs. Hollywood privateers made international headlines this week when four defiant Swedes were found guilty of violating copyright law. It's a mild blow to the buccaneers, but more like cutting heads off hydras or hitting hornets nests. Like an international game of whac-a-mole, the file-sharing community keeps popping up to promote new modes of connecting. A discussion about intellectual property and the free culture movement will be joined by special guests, including folks from MuxTape, a US-based music sharing site that was shut down last year. Sajjad will also screen footage from related Piratbyran projects and performances, including KopimiTV (CopyMeTV), the CopyRiot ritual, and the Pirate Bus art tour.
The talk will be followed by a guerrilla music swap, so bring your laptop, USB stick or hard drive, and share, swap, and propagate like the pirate you arrrrrrr! As Piratbyran says, multiplication can produce powerful numbers. And great music collections.
The Change You Want To See Gallery
http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org
Sunday, April 26, 7pm - 10pm (free!)
84 Havemeyer Street, at Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn NY 11211
L to Bedford; G to Metropolitan; J/M/Z to Marcy
