Pirate Party Pillages Private Papers

David Crafti writes "Pirate Party Australia has made the move to host the recently leaked ACTA document in order to highlight the lack of government transparency in the negotiation process. We believe that the document is not under copyright, and we are not party to any NDAs, so there should be no restriction on us posting it. We would like to see what the government (any government) tries to do about it. If it turns out that there is some reason that we have to take it down, then we will, but if this happens, it will only validate the document's authenticity."

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But PPAU still need your membership! (it's FREE)

[tick-tock-atona]

Please, if you're an Australian citizen and are concerned at all about ACTA, the Australian internet filter, ridiculous software patents and Big Media's stranglehold on copyright laws then join the Pirate Party Australia!

They only need a few more members to be able to officially register as a political party and it's now FREE TO JOIN! Just print out the form, sign it, scan/photograph it, email it in and be part of the solution.

It's [fairly] safe to join the Pirate Party

[feepcreature]

You're wrong! It's pretty safe to join, without making civilisation collapse.

The Pirate Party isn't fighting for responsible copyright laws, they want to gut the whole thing.

From the Aussie Pirate Party FAQ:

What are your main policy areas?

We aim to protect civil liberties and promote culture and innovation, primarily through... [various free speech, privacy and anti-censorship issues... ], and

        * Reforming the life + 70 years copyright length

        * Decriminalisation of non-commercial copyright infringement

Do you support abolishing intellectual property entirely?

No. We believe that the original goals of intellectual property protections, which are to promote creativity and invention, are reasonable. We don't believe that prosecuting non-commercial file sharers for copying a song from the 1940s is reasonable, however.

Do you think that commercial copyright infringement or patent infringement is ok?

No. Our position is that companies should pay for the use of copyrighted works and patented designs.

Re:Read into the record.

[Christian Engstrom]

A MS Word version of (what I believe is) the same ACTA document can be found on my blog: Consolidated ACTA leak as Word document.

I don't really think that any parliamentary immunity will be necessary in connection with spreading this document, but as a Member of the European Parliament I can confirm that I have it, in case it turns out to be useful.

/Christian Engström
Member of the European Parliament
Piratpartiet (The Pirate Party), Sweden