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UK Pirate Party launches 2011 manifesto
THE UK Pirate Party has launched its 2011 manifesto and promised to fight off the Digital Economy Act, support web fairness and make it a fundamental right to be a whistleblower.
In a phone call with The INQUIRER, party head Loz Kaye said that the manifesto shows a broadening of the Pirate Party's plans and a desire to influence politics and governments in all areas of policy.
Opposing the Digital Economy Act and supporting Net Neutrality will be high on its agenda though, and Kaye said that in its current state the former is "Unacceptable".
He added, "We face whole families just being kicked off the Internet. That is unacceptable. We would repeal those parts of the Act."
The importance of Net Neutrality is also covered in the manifesto and Kaye said that opposing that openness is counter to the nature of the Internet. "A free Internet is essential," he said. "We have to get government at all levels to see that."
Although the group supports acts of activism, the manifesto takes a mature approach to political influence and is keen to distance itself from just debates about filesharing.
"Everyone is talking about cuts," he said. "But it is no good just to protest against them. We are not just about hopping up and down, we want to point out the areas where we can help government."
Kaye said that the government could save money by adopting open source software, for example, and use the resulting cost savings to boost the country as a whole and its technology industry.
The launch of the Pirate Party manifesto in the UK coincides with the news that New Zealand has passed its own 'three strikes' bill, a typically overbearing piece of media cartel influenced government Internet lawmaking that is not dissimilar to the more contentious parts of the DEA.
Kaye, who said that one of the newest Pirate Party groups to be launched is the New Zealand arm, commented that it was "interesting" that the same kinds of rules are appearing across the world, and added, "They are wrong whereever they are." µ
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Copyright laws are not going to change to allow for piracy so those in denial might as well look up the world reality and adjust their POV. As we see worldwide the penalty for piracy is increasing as piracy is becoming a felony offense with mandatory prison time.
98% of the world opposes corporation greed, irrational software patents and the destruction of the free internet for the shake of monopolized commercial interests.
Enough is enough!
Information want to be free and open source has so much matured during the last years...
Open Source software usually costs far more to run in the enterprise, via more expensive staff, and has a higher TCO. Not to mention all the extra security vulnerabilities you have in Open Source OSs when compared to Windows for instance. (see www.secunia.org). Or the much higher risk of being hacked if you run Open Source (See http://www.zone-h.org/news/id/4737)
Plus the cost to buy and support it. Just compare the license and support costs for Redhat Enterprise Linux for instance - it is notably higher than for the equivalent Windows server product.
Widespread adoption of Open Source is like the second coming of Jesus. The religous nutters keep telling us its going to happen, but it never does.
When he spouts garbage like that it makes it clear he is just a dweeb, and not someone I would want to vote for.
98% of the world is opposed to piracy so I wouldn't hold my breath about any civilized society allowing piracy to go unpunished.
So you think we should just sit back and do nothing?
That's what got us into this situation in the first place.
YAWN... These folks are pissing up a rope.