We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
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We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
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Re: We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
#2That talk about freedom of speech is a nice way of defending large-scale copyright infringement.
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#3I wish the US would have a Pirate Party! I would be a supporter of freedom of speech and internet neutrality!
Re: We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
#4I wish the US would have a Pirate Party! I would be a supporter of freedom of speech and internet neutrality!
Aren't you a citizen of the US? If you are, then why not just start it yourself, instead of wishing?
Also, there IS a Pirate Party for the US: http://www.pirate-party.us/news.php
Re: We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
#5That talk about freedom of speech is a nice way of defending large-scale copyright infringement.
But they defend large-scale copyright infringement openly. You know, they are the Pirate Party.
Re: We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
#6That talk about freedom of speech is a nice way of defending large-scale copyright infringement.
Good thing you can't find copyright files to download via Google search. Otherwise it would be as bad as The Pirate Bay!
Enabling someone to break the law doesn't make the enabler culpable. We apply this standard to manufacturers of lock picks, crowbars, physical key-loggers, books detailing the security of computers, etc. I'm curious why you feel a different standard should apply to someone who provides hosting for torrent files. The onus is on the criminal, not those who provide tools which may or may not be used in a crime.
Re: We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
#7That talk about freedom of speech is a nice way of defending large-scale copyright infringement.
"That talk about racial equality is a nice way of saying you just want a better seat on the bus." -- talking heads, 1955.
I don't think you get it. The question is whether copyright is morally right. Rosa Parks sat on the back of the bus. The Pirate bay moves their servers into parliament. People have always protested laws they feel are unjust and you clearly you don't seem to realize that. These guys have suffered considerable persecution for what they are doing so to frame it like "well they just want free copies of Toy Story 3" is bullshit.
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#8This really makes me question my vote for the pirate party. I really like them, as a voice for freedom on the internet and beyond, and would really like them to lay of the pirate propaganda and start preaching the gospel of freedom instead. Perhaps I bet on the wrong horse all along. Unfortunately I don't know what the right horse is.
Re: We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
#9That talk about freedom of speech is a nice way of defending large-scale copyright infringement.
> That talk about freedom of speech is a nice way of defending large-scale copyright infringement.
Copyright laws exist to restrict people's rights to free speech and freedom of communication. And in the age of the internet, business models based on scarcity of copies are obsolete; they cannot be propped up except by restricting the utility of the internet.
The copyright cartels (RIAA, MPAA, etc) want every computer to be a DRM-crippled locked down device like the iPad, and for themselves to have the power to kick anyone off the internet by merely accusing them of copyright infringement. If you don't want that future, it's time to support the Pirate Party.
Re: We will host The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish parliament
#10This really makes me question my vote for the pirate party. I really like them, as a voice for freedom on the internet and beyond, and would really like them to lay of the pirate propaganda and start preaching the gospel of freedom instead. Perhaps I bet on the wrong horse all along. Unfortunately I don't know what the right horse is.
From a branding perspective I think you're right. Corporations have been far too effective at using loaded words like piracy and intellectual "property" as a way to frame the argument.