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The way third parties tend to work in the US is, once their ideas become somewhat popular, one of the main two parties absorbs it into their platform (with the
by drcube 14y ago
The way third parties tend to work in the US is, once their ideas become somewhat popular, one of the main two parties absorbs it into their platform (with the other taking a stand against it).
So I think it would be a success if, for example, the Democrats took a stand against copyright abuses, rather than both parties being in the pockets of Disney, Microsoft, MPAA, etc., as they are currently.
- ThomPete 14y agoThe republicans are actually many more times likely to be on the piratepartys side. The Democrats are in The pocket of Hollywood.
- drcube 14y agoDo you have any evidence of that? It's my understanding that both parties are in Hollywood's pocket. I feel like the odds are roughly 50-50 either way, which is why I picked a party at random for my example.
- J3L2404 14y agoNeither party is ever going to go for this. You would have an easier time getting file-sharing recognized as a religion.
- drcube 14y ago"Ever" is a long time. These parties are ultimately beholden to the electorate which keeps them employed. They'll stand by their corporate donors right up until the Pirate values seem lucrative enough or popular enough to affect their bottom line, at which point they'll consider revising their platform.
- J3L2404 14y agoThankfuly most citizens believe people deserve to be rewarded for their work. They may partake in illegal downloading but they don't pretend it is noble.
- ThomPete 14y agoYou know. It sounds so simple yet it isn't really. When you start to dig into this you realize that there is no clear definition of what constitutes "ones own work" and I think you are missing the point of what the pirate party is all about. People never really got rewarded for their work. Instead people around the people doing the work did. It's not as simple as you seem to suggest.
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- ThomPete 14y agoThere was a long thread a while back where the different beneficiaries of hollywood where listed. I am pretty sure that the Democrats where listed there. Let me see if I can dig it up. Edit: http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/ http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/ HN comments:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3439620 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3439620
- philwelch 14y agoRemember that the Republicans are already positioned to be at least a little anti-Hollywood because of the culture wars, and because most of the moguls in Hollywood are incidentally quite liberal.
- krakensden 14y agothe last time IP issues came up for a vote, it was mostly Democrats doing the right thing, and some Western Republicans (Darrell Issa being a towering figure). The Southern bible thumpers all voted for more restrictive IP regulation. On a related note, I don't particularly begrudge the representatives from LA voting the way they did. Looking out for their constituents is their job.
- SeoxyS 14y agoDon't hold your breath on that… I've pretty much lost hope that either of the two major parties are going to deal with their corruption issues. Thank god we still have the Libertarian party.
- sp332 14y agoThis actually happened in Europe, the Green Party adopted some of the Pirate Party's platform on copyright reform to avoid losing their base.