it’d effectively snap the sword-edge of all this bullshit globally.

They shall Fall

They will lose all people support

they want to play like that WE make THEM FALL to HELL

Incidentally, two thumbs up to Reasoned Mind. You are a pro troll. ^_^

“Let’s face it. Until people actually start doing anything about these things, nothing will change. Activism is the way forwards, not online slanging matches between trolls and idiots who can’t identify them.”

So, what have you done about it?

I live in the UK too and until we lose the “I’m alright Jack” every man for himself culture nothing will be done about anything. This country is screwed.

And another thing – how often we hear politicians say the phrase “When we are in power”. What cheek and arrogance. These pissheads were elected to SERVE the people, not rule them.

you sound very young. and it’s not just “0′s and 1′s” it’s the sum of a lot of work and money. is murder okay because people are just a bunch of atoms? of course not. don’t be an idiot.

all the labels are about to die & they dont even know it.

just what i expected of them.

2010 man 2010……

will be funny to see how damn pissed people will be at this new law.

and locking people up in jail or make them slave for the rest of their life for no reward over some 0′s and 1′s is very uncivilized. I guess it’s a trend, they tend to come back after a certain time period.

*sigh*

*) IPRED should be called IMRED, because there’s no such thing as Intellectual Property. It’s really Intellectual Monopoly.

Oh what, you think they’re ignoring rapists and murderers due to this? Get a grip mate.

“Of course I have also told them *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* to call themselves “The Pirate Party” – it is not a credible political name. And as such they will not be take seriously be adult politicians.

The need to chose a name which makes politicians think “Ah, serious people” and not “Hm, sounds like criminals.”

Something like the “The alliance for ethical use of copyright”

I entirely agree with you – actually, it’s not politicians IMHO but ordinary voters they should worry about. I think many, many people will dismiss even finding out more and learning about the parties aims and ideals dus to the name – it just sounds amateurish and doesn’t inspire confidence when your talking about an entity that will potentially have a real effect on your life.

The stupidest thing is that they’re, as far as I can work out, not even focused much at all on copyright issues but rather freedom of infomation and other issues to do with the digital age.

Roze: “Names can become serious as a result of serious usage of them. For example: Whigs, Tories, Democratic Party, suffragettes, and so on.”

None of those names have the burden of being linked to possibly criminal activity – what are you talking about?

As a member of another National Library, I am shocked by the decision of NLS. I would have thought that one of the key roles of National Libraries throughout the world would be to provide the people of their respective countries of as much relevant information as is possible!

IPRED? Sounds like a turd =P

My guess is that the number is rather close to 0. Too many people nowadays are all mouth and no trousers, and this goes for almost all countries and peoples around the world.

I personally live in the UK, and we’re being raped from arsehole to breakfast time for all sorts of things. They’re on the bandwagon at the moment about removing people’s access to the internet with only marginal, if any, proof that they’re sharing files via any channel.

Let’s face it. Until people actually start doing anything about these things, nothing will change. Activism is the way forwards, not online slanging matches between trolls and idiots who can’t identify them.

*waits for flames*

INTERNET ACTIVISM FTW.

:(

DAMN RIGHT

RT
http://www.online-privacy.pro.tc

Then for the sake of accuracy, it’s time to stop calling Sweden a democracy.

At least until the facists elements who’ve wrested control of the government are put on the chopping block come election day.

If the swedish government and the whore of ‘Beatrice Ask’ want to force this madness, then, good luck for them in the near future… They will be remembered without any doubt as a government violator of basic human rights.

It will be necessary to see if the swedish citizens will be sufficiently strong as for rejecting and stopping this illegality or simply will be a sheeps buying all the garbage that the music and movie industry from USA produce in these days.

The need to chose a name which makes politicians think ‘Ah, serious people’ and not ‘Hm, sounds like criminals.’”
Names can become serious as a result of serious usage of them. For example: Whigs, Tories, Democratic Party, suffragettes, and so on.

I realize some people here won’t listen to reason but please, for the sake of those that do, could you at least format your comments in a way that might allow us to take your points into consideration. So that we might be able to carry out a respectable conversation.

Of course I have also told them *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* to call themselves “The Pirate Party” – it is not a credible political name. And as such they will not be take seriously be adult politicians.

The need to chose a name which makes politicians think “Ah, serious people” and not “Hm, sounds like criminals.”

Something like the “The alliance for ethical use of copyright”

1. The people will let the government hear it and demand they start representing them and not Hollywood

2. The pirate party will gain a shit load of votes.

What will that say to Hollywood if the pirate party wins several spots in parliament

A small Internet search engine company has brought a case against the Canadian Recording Industry Association that could drastically change the way files are shared on the Internet.

In fact, the suit by ISOHunt Web Technologies Inc. could make search engines like Google and Yahoo! illegal, due to the way they can be used to access copyright-protected content online.

The suit, which is before the B.C. Supreme Court, is questioning whether search engine companies are liable for the actions of users who share pirated content online.

The court must decide whether ISOHunt, by allowing users to find pirated copies of films or CDs, is in violation of Canadian copyright laws.

In a statement on its website, ISOHunt president Gary Fung explained that the company decided to launch its own suit after numerous legal threats from the CRIA.

He explained that ISOHunt is a search engine for BitTorrent sites and links posted by users, but that it doesn’t store any of the content, nor work directly with those sharing the files.

“None of the pieces of files exchanged over BitTorrent pass through our servers,” Fung’s statement says.

He explains that the files are exchanged over external person-to-person networks and that ISOHunt serves cached links to those files.

“Some of these files maybe copyright infringing, some aren’t.”

Last week in court, ISOHunt’s lawyer demonstrated to the judge that Google can be used to find all kinds of legally questionable files that can also be found through ISOHunt.

He argued that the only difference is that ISOHunt is used specifically to find BitTorrent files, while Google searches for all file types.

Fung’s statement said he does not wish for his websites or search engines to infringe others’ rights.

The CRIA had argued that the petition by ISOHunt should be converted to a full court case. The court agreed last week, and both sides are now getting ready for a long court battle.

“It’s disappointing to see CRIA wanting to unnecessarily complicate our well defined petition in attempt to bog us down with time and money through messy discovery and in the process the court’s time too,” Fung wrote on the site.

ISOHunt is also embroiled in a legal dispute in the U.S. against the Motion Picture Association of America.

Court proceedings there have been underway for more than a year.

Remember who is going to be fueling their pension pots? We get actual politicians in we can force the issue at EU level.

Who knows, if we succeed maybe we can start imposing EU laws on Hollywood, wouldn’t that be interesting!