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Digital Act Could Spur Creation of Pirate ISPs In UK

Posted by timothy on from the arrrr-what's-the-password-landlubber? dept.

scurtis writes "British anti-copyright group, Pirate Party UK, has predicted that Pirate ISPs will spring up across the country — promoting online privacy and allowing users to share files anonymously — in response to draconian file-sharing proposals outlined in the Digital Economy Act. The news follows reports that the Pirate Party in Sweden (PiratPartiet) will launch the world's first 'Pirate ISP.' The move is designed to curb the use of online surveillance in the country, and combat what PiratPartiet describes as the 'big brother society.'"

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  1. Re:Am I naive to think it might get scrapped? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    so there are a few chinks of light in the sky.

    The story about the chinese shooting down a satellite was yesterday

  2. Re:Am I naive to think it might get scrapped? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    so there are a few chinks of light in the sky.

    The story about the chinese shooting down a satellite was yesterday

    we can't very well tell a story about niggers and satellites because primitive stone tools can't launch anything into orbit

  3. Re:Crazy Talk by ooshna · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Next you'll be telling me copying someones thought and changing some words to make it work for another idea is cliche, done too much, and will get you modded down. Oh something about a multi-billion-dollar black-market economy too. Go sell crazy somewhere else.

  4. Find a better word than "pirate" for privacy.. by pcardno · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The fight for privacy by stopping monitoring of all your traffic has absolutely nothing to do with "piracy". Every time I read one of these headlines or one of these stories involving such a stupidly titled group as the Pirate Party, I just turn off. Piracy is stealing. Yeah, you might get to wear a cool eyepatch, and be taking it from the rich to give to the poor, but it's still stealing in most laws and, frankly, most moral codes. Let's even go to our friend Wikipedia:

    "Piracy is a war-like act committed by private parties (not affiliated with any government) that engage in acts of robbery and/or criminal violence "

    So, you want to steal things (music, movies, software etc.) and are telling us that we should support you because, er, why? Yeah, you might disagree with the law, but it's the law. I'd love to go around beating the shit out of people who don't wave thanks when I let them drive through in front of me in a traffic jam, but I can't because it's illegal. Beating the shit out of more people, helping others do it and calling myself the Let's Fuck Up Rude People Party isn't the way to get that changed.

    The Digital Act is an abhorrent, but can these dickheads please stop blackening the fight for privacy by always associating it with stealing things?

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