Would get my vote
Pirate Bay cofounder to run for European Parliament
Peter Sunde, one of four cofounders of notorious BitTorrent search site The Pirate Bay, says he plans to run in next year's European Parliament elections, despite his impending incarceration for copyright violation. Sunde, along with partners Carl Lundström, Frederik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, were convicted of " …
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Thursday 16th May 2013 21:26 GMT Khaptain
The European Parliament
I have been a few times for a variety of reasons, I can't think of any other occasions on which that I have ever met such a large set of numties in one place..
As for Sunde, I am absolutely convinced that he would do any worse, if nothing else Bittorrent is well thought out, resilient and capable of surviving through the worst storms.
I will give him my vote.
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Friday 17th May 2013 13:33 GMT Tom 13
Re: I know full well the reaction daring to call Sunde - and Piratebay
Downvoted.
Not because the overall description of The Pirate Bay is wrong, but because you chose to libel my political beliefs (which are contrary to The Pirate Bay continuing to suborn copyright infringements) by including them in the middle of your rant.
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Thursday 16th May 2013 21:48 GMT Anonymous Coward
Good luck to him
Don't expect a pirate majority in any legislature any time soon, but having a few in various places will make other parties start thinking twice about what their electorates think about them selling laws to Big Media in exchange for better coverage as they seem to have done too much in the past.
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Friday 17th May 2013 00:51 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Good luck to him
I'd have thought what would actually make most mainstream politicians concerned about changing copyright would be them being told by a meaningful number of their electorate that copyright was significant on their personal lists of priorities. Somehow at the moment I'm not sure very many people would actually bring copyright up as an issue when politicians go canvassing.
Even out of the people who would *vote* for a pirate party candidate, I wonder how many would actually talk to a politician about the need for copyright changes if one knocked on their door, putting forward an adult argument for their position?
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