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Hardly. Part of public awareness around the issues, sure.

• cabalamat 17y ago
  It isn't just public awareness, it's about getting the law changed. The Swedish Pirate Party got 7% of the vote last June. If this can be replicated throughout the world (particularly in Europe, where the Pirate movement is strongest), there will be 2 effects: 1. in some countries, PP may hold the balance of power in parliament, and will thus be able to join whichever coalition offers the best concessions to their points of view. This may well be the outcome of the next general election in Sweden. 2. other parties, seeing how many votes PP is getting, and they are potentially losing, will tend to move their policies to what PP endorses. A historical example of this sort of process working is after the 1989 European election in the UK, where the Green Party got 15% of the vote; the main parties immediately started copying their polices, or at least giving lip service to them. When Pirate Parties start doing well in elections, we are likely to see the same effect.
  • wlievens 17y ago
    Sure, except that "green" is something many people are interested in, whereas copyright law is a narrow issue that only artists, distributers and nerds care about.