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Great article, just one major inaccuracy concerning the Pirate Party: > they have a silly name and their focus seems to be solely on ‘sharing culture’ at the e
by thisiswrong 13y ago
Great article, just one major inaccuracy concerning the Pirate Party:
> they have a silly name and their focus seems to be solely on ‘sharing culture’ at the expense of everything else.
Then you go on to say:
> What we need in this country is a protest party that campaigns on the issues of Internet privacy, censorship, copyright/patent reform and computer misuse laws.
The Pirate Party campaigns precisely on these issues. For those that think the Pirate Party is just focused on protesting against unfair monopolies, please look up their actual ideas.
A good illustration is given on Rick Falkvinge's blog:
http://falkvinge.net/files/2012/manual/PirateWheel-2012-11-10.pdf http://falkvinge.net/files/2012/manual/PirateWheel-2012-11-1...
- MarcScott 13y agoThanks. I'll have a think about this and then edit the article to give a fairer representation to the Pirate Party.
- cabalamat 13y agoThe Pirate Party's manifesto (https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/media/uploads/Manifesto2012.pdf https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/media/uploads/Manifesto2012.p...) specifically addresses privacy. On p.25 it says: We feel that citizens' right to private and confidential communication is vital, but at present it is not respected. We will forbid third parties from intercepting or monitoring communication traffic (i.e. telephone calls, post, Internet traffic, defend the right of citizens to expose emails) and require specific warrants to be issued by a court before the police are allowed to monitor communications traffic.
- undantag 13y agoThe Swedish Pirate Party definitely campaigns heavily on those issues, and less on "sharing culture". It took a few years for them to get through that phase. I guess the UK Pirate Party is in need of more members who care about these issues?