Stop being such hardasses. Please. This party is trying to further your cause by legally making a point that BitTorrent and open distribution can help artists in the long run.

And what do you do? You attack them outright for not supporting the “illegal” activity as well.

Well, really, I don’t think they do support “illegal” activity either, but only because they want to make it legal. And to do that, they need to prove their point first.

And “Canada is unfriendly to P2P”? Give me a break. We are one of the most look-the-other-way-when-it-comes-to-illegal-filesharing countries in the frigging world.

@27 (steve):

Here in Europe people have actually got off their arses and hosted all material.

And that’s exactly why those European countries’ plights are turned a blind eye by the MAFIAA, if you shall so call it. The “MAFIAA” think that those European countries’ actions are illegal. But they have nothing on those Canadian people who are trying to make their own voice.

We’ll see how this turns out.

In the meantime…

And the degree of paranoia and attempts to blame a single person (oh, wait, two persons?) for all the ‘dissent’ (ie., the demands that the party stand for actually something worth a shit). You guys sure are taking this ego trip real seriously.

I was one of the first to donate to said pirate party and I support this decision.

http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/776-pirate-party-swashbuckles-into-finnish-politics-

‘I doubt the artist would appreciate the exposure when they were neither asked for permission or payed for their work.’

Yeah, what artist, or content creator, would appreciate exposure, even without getting a pay check for the ‘orrible exposure?

Yep, cost free exposure is bad for business in your world apparently. But,

for the rest, it kinda tends to be a good thing, that pays off big time.

canada <3

why then it took them 3 months to get past 56 signatures when i have 1000 members that would have signed up to help out.

YOU will see why i called them anti p2p for 4 days on the uha1.com website
and then they recanted.

YOU will see why they have a ISP in quebec from one of the very telcoms that would see us have a 3 strikes law.

YOU WILL SEE
YOU WILL SEE

AM I the criminal for being smart and paying 26.6 cents per cd where you twits pay 10.00+

HEH were better off without this go no where party and we need more radical goals like ending lobbying and reduction of copyright to no less then 12 years.

Canada already has effective counterfeiting laws, and i’ll add we have laws against cams so whats the big deal.

Go ask them if there position is the same as fair copyright for Canada that failed miserably in the end ( have a look its a face book mess).
Go ask them if they support p2p. Hollywood will not support it and if you are you might as well go all the way and become real pirates.

Makes me sick that a pirate party would call p2p downloading of music and tv and other stuff , illegal. Shows you how much they know about stuff.

pirates forever

“A ‘pirate’ party that condemns ‘illegal’ filesharing? WTF!?! What’s next, a stripper that doesn’t take her clothes off?”

The point is to convert the todays supposedly illegal status back to legal again. That’s why. Hence, illegal filesharing is bad, legal is good, get it?

Pirates for Ever,Never shall we die

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charlie
http://blog.eightforums.com

just kiding , but really SUCK MY BALLS CANADA

Compare with the Swedish/ UK approach and you get a sense of national attitudes. Here in Europe people have actually got off their arses and hosted all material. In canada they pussy foot around pretending to be pirates when all they are sharing is freebies.

Super idea right there!

“It’s too bad they didn’t form this party with a different name. The name is going to limit them.”

Look on the bright side.At least they don’t call themselves The Butt Pirate Party. With all the Pirate Parties popping up all over the world, we are going to beat these copyright Ferengis at their own game, by entering politics, as that is what they use to force their strict rules down our throats. We file sharers are like Klingons. If they try to silence us, we will die in battle and with great honor.

“In turn, we want to adjust copyright for consumers to make private, non-commercial copying of content legal. This will promote artists and help spread culture farther than ever before.”