Why the UK Needs the Pirate Party

Barence writes "The UK Pirate Party wants to reform copyright and patent laws, abolish the surveillance state and increase our freedom of speech, and it's just been recognized as a political party. In this interview with PC Pro, UK Pirate Party leader Andrew Robinson explains how he's planning to shake up the political landscape. 'What we really want to do is raise awareness, so that the other parties say "bloody hell, they've got seven million votes this time out," or one million votes, or enough votes to make them care and seriously think about these issues.'"

Comments

Re:ïI might vote for them, but it is futile

[u38cg]

Hey, I recently started reading this really great newspaper for people that think like you and me. It tells the truth about what's going on out there, and it's called the Daily Mail.

Re:Got my vote - maybe

[cliffski]

oh really?
So where do I stand? I am a 'person' but I also own my own company. So am I evil or not?

This bullshit that COMPANIES ARE EVIL and that they are some foreign entity that are not owned by, employ and benefit people is just silliness beyond words.

Maybe the poster should have said 'the people who own, work for and are employed by companies will stop producing'. Would that be clearer?

Too much of this pirate-party crap is schoolboy teenage 'sticking it to the man' philosophy that implies everyone older than 20 who has got a job has sold out. I'm sure it seems romantic to fight against capitalism and show the rich jerks who run the country how it should be done when you are 18 years old.

later when you need to buy a house and pay bills, and earn money, you will find that companies are not 'evil', they are just a vehicle by which means people participate in the free market.

Re:Got my vote - maybe

[cliffski]

No it isn't. I work in the free market. Nobody prevents me making games, selling them, promoting them, advertising them, changing my business model or charging any amount in any currency.
Explain to em why the free market I work in and sue every day of my life is somehow a 'fiction'?

There are places where the free market doesn't work and is abused. music, Movies and games are not one of them, although the anti-copyright zealots like to kid themselves that it is, so they can justify theft.