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Pirate Party Wins At Least One European Parliament Seat
reeeh2000 writes "According to TorrentFreak, with half of polling stations now closed in Sweden, the Pirate Party has at least one guaranteed seat in the EU Parliament. Currently, the party is sitting with 7% of the vote. Depending on how the remaining districts voted, the Pirate Party could win another seat, for a total of two."
Reader lordholm adds a link to an article about exit polls in Sweden (link in Swedish) indicating that the Pirate Party will score two seats, writing "According to the polls, the pirate party is the largest party in the 18-30 year age category of voters. The final counting of votes (including around a million postal votes) will not be done until later next week."
We the people in the U.S. should be a bit ashamed of this in all we claim about ourselves on a regular basis. For those who are paying attention, we already know we have shifted over into "the Corporate States of America" bent on expanding to become "the Corporate States of Earth."
As far as copyright and intellectual property is concerned, I'll agree that there is a place for it, but it has exceeded its usefulness and purpose tremendously. It now harms the public, culture and future-history in its present form and should be balanced with the interests of the individual. We need a "Pirate Party" in the U.S... or at least a body like the EFF or ACLU or something like that. (NYCL? Is that your calling?)
"Filesharers," haha Answer me something. Why is it called the PIRATE Party?
It's not "crap" just because you don't have a counterargument. Every Slashdotter, deep inside, knows that piracy is wrong and that it screws hard-working people over. Nobody wants to admit it because they don't want to lose their ability to pirate, so to avoid feeling guilty, they justify it with various smoke and mirrors by calling it a socio-economic revolution, a strike against allegedly evil entities like the RIAA, and so on. It's selfish human nature at play. It's unfortunate that many people here don't notice it at work in their heads. They just fire up Bittorrent without a second thought while some poor schmuck somewhere doesn't get paid.
"Sufferin' succotash."
So you think that no one should be paid for the content / software they create?
How long do you think copyright protection should last?
Why do you have the right to use the fruits of my mind for free?
go play in the road kiddie.
I really couldnt care less what an ANONYMNOUS COWARD who is about 6 years old thinks of my games. I suspect they went over your head kid. Try studying harder at school next time okay?
And seriously, you are the reason DRM, and the RIAA and the MPAA exists. YOU are the reason nobody makes games aimed at piracy-prone little kiddies any more.
You don't buy anything, so we make fuck all thats aimed at you. Understand yet kiddie?
DRM-free indie games for the PC and Mac: Positech Games
Nice to know that he is giving away his work for free. Less nice to know he wants to ram his own fucking business model down the throats of everyone else who makes software.
What fucking arrogance.
DRM-free indie games for the PC and Mac: Positech Games
Digital works are a lot like pharmeceuticals.
Massive capital expenditure, minimal marginal cost.
And if the RIAA gets its way, soon to be intertwined with government regulation.
You forgot massive expenditures by the creators that don't show up in the "marginal costs" per unit. Gee, how fitting.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck