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returntothepit >> discuss >> New Opposition Party? by DreamingInExile on Jun 27,2006 4:01pm
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toggletoggle post by DreamingInExile   at Jun 27,2006 4:01pm
http://www.pirate-party.us/

Yes, the Pirate Party has arrived in the US.



toggletoggle post by DrinkHardThrashHard  at Jun 27,2006 4:13pm
I thought the Pirate Party was more attuned to getting rid of our dusty old copyright laws (99 year copyrights, anyone? corporate-government conspiracy bullshit) than actually running for office.

They already have this party in other countries (at least in Sweden).



toggletoggle post by DreamingInExile   at Jun 27,2006 4:28pm
DrinkHardThrashHard said:
...They already have this party in other countries (at least in Sweden).


hence why I said that it finally arrived in the USA.

(if you read the schpiel on the homepage, you'll see they still have the anti-corporate and anti-anti-piracy views)

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The Pirate Party of the United States is this country's version of Piratpartiet, a Swedish political party that wants to "fundamentally reform copyright law, get rid of the patent system, and ensure that citizens' rights to privacy are respected." As a fraternal party, the PPUS shares similar goals while working within the political context of U.S. to achieve them.

For far too long, Big Media copyright cartels like the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America have held back technological progress and individual freedom. They have done so through cutthroat litigation against ordinary Americans, interfering with peer-to-peer networks by flooding them with bogus files, and corrupting the political system with unscrupulous lobbying and political donations.

Similarly, the pharmaceutical firms of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America have, through the power of their medicine patents, denied lifesaving medical treatment to the world's poorest people suffering on a horrific scale just to raise their profit margins. Doctors and scientists are beholden to Big Pharma's grant money, extorted through patents, to devote research efforts on what makes the most money, not always on what saves the most lives or reduces suffering. The New England Journal of Medicine can no longer find unbiased reviewers of medical studies because of Big Pharma's long patent-granted reach.

Preceding and following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. government has had a longstanding antipathy towards protecting the privacy of ordinary Americans when it conflicts with their interests in state control. The NSA's phone-tapping, the FBI's Carnivore email spying program, and Congress's two so-called "PATRIOT Acts" are symptoms of a rampant disregard in law enforcement and the legislative branch for the private lives of U.S. citizens.

No matter what excuses or rationalizations Big Businesses and Big Government offer, it all comes down to cold, hard corporate greed and state control at the expense of your freedom and well-being. Most Americans have wished that one of the major parties would have the courage to stand up to these undemocratic conglomerates and policies and win back control of the cultural, scientific, and personal spheres for artists, critics, scientists, patients, and citizens from all walks of life. Both the Republicans and Democrats have instead, as a whole, enthusiastically rolled over for Big Media's and Big Pharma's campaign dollars.

While fine groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Free Software Foundation, Creative Commons, and Doctors Without Borders have been fighting these battles for a long time with us, no political party in United States has made the reform of intellectual property and privacy laws their top priority.

Until now.



toggletoggle post by MikePile at Jun 27,2006 4:38pm
Oh cool, another retarded organization to toss onto the pile. Keep 'em coming, boys!



toggletoggle post by largefreakatzeronli at Jun 27,2006 5:04pm
Do they have real pirates??? 'Cause if they don't... (*shakes fist*)



toggletoggle post by niccolai   at Jun 27,2006 5:22pm
Already donated.




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