It is quite amusing how the pirate movement got it's name in the first place. The copyright industry in Sweden created "Antipiratbyrån" (anti piracy agency) to spread propaganda about how wrong filesharing was and that nobody would ever create a book, song or movie again if it wasn't stopped (same arguments used as when public libraries were created).
Some guys got fed up with that Antipiratbyrån could say whatever they want, but there was no counterpart that could speak for all the filesharing community and if there is a ANTI-piratbyrån, shouldn't there be a Piratbyrån?
Piratbyrån got a lot of attention and eventually Rick Falkvinge got the idea to start a political party and then the name was obvious.
The name creates a lot of emotions, for some positive and for some negative, but it is not a name that goes unnoticed. With a sissy name as the Internet party, the pirate movement would never have grown to a world wide political movement.
For me, being a pirate is about having courage to stand up for what is right even though multinational companies and governments try to silence you. The pirate movement is a futuristic reincarnation of human and civil rights movements and its definetely here to stay.
It is outrageous that governments, even the swedish goverment who used to preach transparency and personal integrity on the net, treats ordinary citizens as filthy criminals in a way that would have made Stasi jealous.
I don't trust politicians who works against laws that protect the citizens personal integrity on internet (and elsewhere). Even though they sometimes mean well, the road to hell is full of good intentions.
I sure hope Amelia will get another five years in Brussels. Never have so few done so much for so many!
It is quite amusing how the pirate movement got it's name in the first place. The copyright industry in Sweden created "Antipiratbyrån" (anti piracy agency) to spread propaganda about how wrong filesharing was and that nobody would ever create a book, song or movie again if it wasn't stopped (same arguments used as when public libraries were created).
Some guys got fed up with that Antipiratbyrån could say whatever they want, but there was no counterpart that could speak for all the filesharing community and if there is a ANTI-piratbyrån, shouldn't there be a Piratbyrån?
Piratbyrån got a lot of attention and eventually Rick Falkvinge got the idea to start a political party and then the name was obvious.
The name creates a lot of emotions, for some positive and for some negative, but it is not a name that goes unnoticed. With a sissy name as the Internet party, the pirate movement would never have grown to a world wide political movement.
For me, being a pirate is about having courage to stand up for what is right even though multinational companies and governments try to silence you. The pirate movement is a futuristic reincarnation of human and civil rights movements and its definetely here to stay.
It is outrageous that governments, even the swedish goverment who used to preach transparency and personal integrity on the net, treats ordinary citizens as filthy criminals in a way that would have made Stasi jealous.
I don't trust politicians who works against laws that protect the citizens personal integrity on internet (and elsewhere). Even though they sometimes mean well, the road to hell is full of good intentions.
I sure hope Amelia will get another five years in Brussels. Never have so few done so much for so many!