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Pirate Party Coming To Canada

Posted by timothy on from the but-the-vikings-hit-canada-hundreds-of-years-ago dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After scoring a surprise electoral win in Sweden and getting high-profile support in Germany, The Pirate Party is coming to Canada. The party's goals are fairly simple. People should have the right to share and copy music, movies and virtually any material, as long as it is for personal use, not for profit. It opposes government and corporate monitoring of Internet activities, unless as part of a criminal investigation. It also wants to phase out patents."

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  1. Re:First Vote by misexistentialist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "if you like something, pay for it - it's only fair"

    Corporate executives don't use the word "fair" unless they are trying to trick someone. The "fairness" of some course of action is irrelevant in the world of capitalism.