Published: 8 Jun 09 08:26 CET | Print version
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Sweden's Pirate Party, on a platform of integrity issues including the legalization of internet file sharing, sensationally claimed a seat in the EU parliament as election results were confirmed on Sunday.
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Forget welfare, education, healthcare, climate change, defence, trade, international aid - what really matters is whether you can download films without paying for them.
Still, rather the Pirate Party than the Sweden Democrats.
You can start here if you'd like to educate yourself.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2541736281918823479
In special case of downloading files, It seems to me that the ruling parities act as a representative of the music or film industries trying to make their failed business model to work. Any business with bad business model must fail. You can't limit peoples privacy because some companies don't make as much money as they would like to. Internet has changed many traditional business models such as providing service for free (e.g. google).
that would really send a clear message to the morons who dip into the pockets of big media
If you voted for them then that's your choice (and fine) but don't expect me to believe that it was for any other reason than you like downloading material for free.
you are making an ASS out of U and ME!!
For me, there are a lot of reasons why I support the Pirate Party, but the "FINAL" straw was making a highlight video of my daughters birthday and being told that because I have Stevie Wonder playing in the background of one of the clips in the video, I am Infringing on the copyright! Not all of us are as lazy as you seem to make us out to be.
But I guess since accusations are usually projections of our own weaknesses, it might just be a case that you are that simple in the way you choose to vote.
However little is said of the massive protectionism that the greedy multinational recording companies,drug companies and the rest build around themselves, aided and abetted by the major Western Govts,(whilst feathering each others nest),in order to ensure disgustingly obscene and immoral profit margins on their products, in order to screw poor old working class Joe Soap of every last penny of his hard earned cash.
I am a great believer in fair play but only on a level playing surface,so if P.B.help to level the pitch and even the odds then the best of British to them, until such time as Joe Soap starts to get a fair deal...but I wont be holding my breath.
I was delighted with Folkpartiet's vote, they fought a very positive, very pro EU campaign and were rewarded with a good increase in its vote share.
If I want to 'assume' then I will! What are you the 'thought police?'
Also I 'assume' that it would be unlikely for Stevie Wonder's publishers to be too worried about your example and they might even consider you 'simple' for getting so het-up about it.
Who are YOU to tell OTHERS why they voted how they did? I think those who voted are a better authority over why they voted how they did than you.