The name is also a strategical attack on the newspeak of "software/audio/video piracy". The negative associations with the term works great for the RIAA/MPAA/GE

The name is also a strategical attack on the newspeak of "software/audio/video piracy". The negative associations with the term works great for the RIAA/MPAA/GEMA/... lobby. (At least in europe) pirates are now a political stance, instead of just another word for criminals. The german pirate party wiki has a page about their newspeak counters. For example, instead of "intellectual property" talk about "monopoly rights". Instead of "hacker tools" say "security software". http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Liste_der_Unwörter http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Liste_der_Unwörter