• Pirate Party launches UK poll bid
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[Quote][b]The Pirate Party - which won a surprise seat in the European Parliament in Sweden - has launched in the UK.[/b] The party, which campaigns to legalise non-commercial internet file-sharing and has branches in 25 countries, plans to contest the next general election. It gained 7.1% of the vote in Sweden on the back of publicity over the trial of the founders of Pirate Bay, a well-known file-sharing site. It also campaigns for free speech and against "excessive surveillance". The party says it wants to reform copyright and patent law and believes peer-to-peer networking should be encouraged rather than "criminalized". It also wants to introduce an alternative to pharmaceutical patents throughout Europe that it says will save on drug costs to governments. It became an officially registered party in the UK on 30 June and now aims to recruit members and raise funds with a view to contesting seats at the next general election, which must take place before June next year. UK party treasurer Eric Priezkalns told Sky News: "We think there are a lot of people out there who share our concerns. "The reason for launching a party is to give those people an opportunity to express their concerns about piracy, about privacy, and about how the mainstream parties aren't responding to that agenda." He said the Pirate Party was committed to giving creative artists a "fair deal" on copyright and did not want a "free-for-all" - but it did want reform of the existing laws to decriminalize the sharing of material such as music and films. "With 21st Century technology and the way the laws are now there is no room for sharing. It's either you are buying or you are stealing. There is no middle ground," he added. The party is also campaigning against proposals contained in the recent Digital Britain report to crackdown on illegal file-sharing. The plans, which could form future government policy, include sending warning letters to those making illegal downloads and allowing internet service providers to release the identities of serial infringers to make it easier for music and film companies to sue them. The entertainment industry claims it is losing tens of millions of pounds in the UK alone every year to internet piracy. The profile of the Pirate Party in Sweden was boosted in the run-up to May's European elections by the trial of the four men behind Pirate Bay, who were sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages.[/Quote] Source: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8199143.stm[/url]
Join the bandboat.
On Radio One earlier they claimed that the pirate party just wants warez legalised when they want copyright changes.
I love piracy.
go pirates :yarr:
[img]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/creepy_pirate.png[/img]
I'm going to start a party for human treatment of prisoners and call it, "The Free Everyone in Gitmo, and Give Them a Truck Full of Fertilizer Party."
they won't get anywhere everyone is supporting the bnp
I'm still going to vote Monster Raving Looney Party. WHO RATED ME DISAGREE?
[img]http://www.transbuddha.com/images/uploads/lazytown.jpg[/img] [b]You are a pirate![/b]
[QUOTE=Denzo;16671971][img]http://www.transbuddha.com/images/uploads/lazytown.jpg[/img] [b]You are a pirate![/b][/QUOTE] get out denzo
I think it's pathetic that people that basically condone stealing are gaining political power it might be "okay" in Sweden to pirate games but I'll be damned if they gain any movement in the UK or the US.
[QUOTE=HairyArmpit;16672041]get out denzo[/QUOTE] :kakashi:
Loving the faggot emote. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Homophobia." - ventilated))[/highlight]
Thread music. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsJyfN0ICU[/media]
We need a branch in the US. Scratch that, we have one. Inactive, I do believe.
Nah, I think I'll vote for a real party with actual political views and that.
Ahahaha. Nice.
Now honestly who would really want them getting to power? They have no actual political views, nor ideas, let alone having some good ones.
[QUOTE=HairyArmpit;16672041]get out denzo[/QUOTE] i find that offensive
[QUOTE=acds;16674037]Now honestly who would really want them getting to power? They have no actual political views, nor ideas, let alone having some good ones.[/QUOTE] Cheapskates, idiots and those who are dissatisfied with the larger political parties.
[QUOTE=Denzo;16674106]i find that offensive[/QUOTE] go fuck yourself then you whiny piece of shit [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Relax." - ventilated))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Sh33p;16674112]Cheapskates, idiots and those who are dissatisfied with the larger political parties.[/QUOTE] Yeah, they have no political views or ideas whatsoever, the only thing that they tout is piracy, which won't surely serve any good if they should form a government. I don't even want to immagine a country with these guys at the lead. Heck if someone is Swedish he should watch this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE2tvikFfB8[/media] Sadly it's in Swedish, but except for the looks (when you are in a damn political party you should at least look decently when interviewed) the interviewer asks "what is your plan to diminish CO2 production in the EU?" and they only answer that the corporations are buying the patents for electrical car batteries that would last 10 years (sure) and that with less patent laws (AKA more piracy/stealing not only on digital level) everything would go better.
[quote]I think it's pathetic that people that basically condone stealing are gaining political power[/quote] Hahah. That's all politicians do.
I'll just continue to vote for the conservative party?
[QUOTE=mike;16675237]I'll just continue to vote for the conservative party?[/QUOTE] Good for you.
[QUOTE=mike;16675237]I'll just continue to vote for the conservative party?[/QUOTE] What's the point they're identical to Labour.
They get my vote.
Cool.
[QUOTE=markg06;16675302]What's the point they're identical to Labour.[/QUOTE] no because david cameron is way hotter than gordon brown
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