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Pirate Party Comes to the U.S.

Spy der Mann writes "Wired news has published an interview with the Pirate Party of the U.S., which was formed a week after the raid on Pirate Bay. The group patterns itself after Piratpartiet, the Swedish political party associated with The Pirate Bay, and says it wants to reform intellectual property and privacy laws."

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  1. Re:I'll have to look into a donation... by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Everytime Mickey gets close to falling into PD congress will suddenly find it in their interest to extend copyright..."

    Arrrghhh.....Our first pirate party act, will be to capture that scurrvy ridden rodent, and have him walk the plank....yarrr....

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  2. Could be worse by CPUgrind · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least they didn't spell it this way: P1r8 P4rty

  3. Yes.. by insanarchist · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...why's the rum gone?! (Look away kiddies, this post be rated ARRRR!!!)

  4. Re:I'll have to look into a donation... by blackicye · · Score: 5, Funny


    "Everytime Mickey gets close to falling into PD congress will suddenly find it in their interest to extend copyright..."

    Arrrghhh.....Our first pirate party act, will be to capture that scurrvy ridden rodent, and have him walk the plank....yarrr....


    Not if the Ninja party has anything to say about it.
    I've heard Disney just signed Masaaki Hatsumi http://www.geocities.com/mrdsouza/hatsumi.html as their first line of
    defense..

    *ducks*

  5. Re:Or maybe the "Ugly Party"? by ceeam · · Score: 5, Funny

    To quote bash.org:
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    <Brenty> You know, I think the media really fucked up when they called it "software piracy"
    <Brenty> Everyone WANTS to be a pirate
    <Brenty> If they'd called it "software faggotry" everyone would still buy all their shit

  6. Re:What's in a name? by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the EFF would add Union to their name, then they'd be the "EFF U" which is catchy and marketable.

    Just saying.

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  7. Re:I'll have to look into a donation... by hackstraw · · Score: 5, Funny

    And this is why the "Pirate Party" will never be taken seriously. There are legitmate organizations like the EFF, etc., that are all for copyright overhaul. Creating "The Pirate Party" removes a degree of legitimacy from anyone calling for copyright reform.

    However, it is scientific fact that global warming is due to a lack of pirates, so with the advent of a pirate party global warming will reverse itself!