US Pirate Party Endorses Barack Obama
Written by Ernesto on January 03, 2008The US Pirate Party has no candidate for the upcoming elections, but who do the pirates vote for? Barack Obama, and the party strongly urges all its members to support his campaign, and vote for him in the primaries, and later this year in November.
The Pirate Party just published a press release in which they show their support for Obama, and ask their members to support him as well. Obama is indeed the only candidate who’s even been willing to consider copyright change, the others are more interested in protecting the commercial rights of a few. Other than that, he has a healthy view on how to ensure people’s privacy and he values net neutrality.
Andrew Norton, a spokesperson of the US Pirate Party told TorrentFreak: “We believe in democracy, and progress. Since we are not putting forward a candidate of our own, we stand solidly behind Mr. Obama, as he is the only candidate that seems to realize that personal privacy is a right, not a privilege, and believes that copyright is, as the constitution defines, for progress, rather than profit.”
Mr. Obama clearly understands the important role that the Internet plays in delivering information and communications in general according to the US Pirate Party. A great example of this is the speech he gave at the at the Google campus where he said, “I will take a backseat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality.” He later told TechCrunch: “I will prevent network providers from discriminating in ways that limit the freedom of expression on the Internet.” So, no BitTorrent blocking if it was up to Obama, sorry Comcast.
Don’t want to trust on the Pirate Parties? You can do a votematch here if you’re tired of all the campaign commercials and want to base your decision on what the candidates actually stand for.
Note: all Ron Paul comments will be censored ;)
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Since when was the Economy better in 1913? It was bloated and just on the verge of collapsing…which it did. The Constitution also Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, ie, pretty much any big business. Granted, the commerce clause is stretched to most retarded things I’ve ever seen (see Wickard v. Filburn) it actually does cover a lot.
they’re ALL horrible, horrible options.
Ron Paul supports net neutrality. He hates big government and big business, which are the one threatening privacy. Obama is questionable, he’s not a consistent voter.(Obama believes in the popular thing right now.) Ron Paul is a consistent voter. Ron Paul believes in leaving people alone and letting them do whatever they want with no government in the way. He wants to pull back our bases out of 120+ countries, which is good for US and the world. There is a reason a lot of people hate the US. We used to promote democracy, and now we’re an imperialist empire. It’s time to go back to how we used to be.
[quote comment="254865"]”
Your a hypocrite to support loose copyright laws yet at the same time stifle freedom of expression.[/quote]
lol? ive done neither u troll ;) ive exercised freedom of expression by calling you an idiot for not noticing the sarcasm.
granted i suck at english so perhaps your comment was some kind of wierd sarcasm in itself.. :P
anyways back to topic, whatever new president u guys get i hope he(or she) will be a good one.
hopefully you wont get new wars, worse economy, less individual privacy and freedom..
@41 Most intelligent comment yet
[quote comment="254834"][quote comment="254825"]no IRS, no income tax, no federal reserve, no money from air, no more illigal wars, more power to the states instead of government, more power to individuals and restored constitutional rights, you will get to keep your privacy, you will get more money in your pockets, internet will be free as would your life…
I thought it was a done deal? is this a joke? its a joke right.. :)
Pon Raul isnt even on that votematch link in the article either, was he kicked to the nuthouse for wanting to get back to the constitution? lol[/quote]
It’s nice rhetoric, thats for certain, but it wouldn’t work like that. You want to change copyright? Sorry, constitution says its there for a limited time, and it is right now. life+70 or 95 years, IS limited. It also says ‘exclusive rights’ bye bye fair use.
You know what else isn’t int he constitution? Monopolies and anticompetative practices. You say internet will be free, yet, ron paul thinks its a good idea to remove any incentive to compete. There will be one provider for all. Network neutrality? not under Ron Paul.
One thing is clear, what he says sounds great in theory, put it into practice, and anyone will even a basic high school diploma can see the horrendous mess that will result. I know the lawyers are all for him - imagine the fun there will be when he abolishes the infrastructure built over the last few years. Its a very ‘actions are great, consequences don’t matter’ attitude, and I’m still shocked and amazed that anyone that is legally competant to vote, and old enough to, and is considering Ron Paul, has made it that far without having killed themselves with the sort of shortsighted actions he stands for.
Read your constitution again, there’s nothing about personal privacy at all, or about regulation of companies. With Ron Paul, every day will be Beacon day, on Facebook.[/quote]
Obviously not just the constitution will be followed. Ron Paul is against monopolies and big business. Government will step in to stop big business domination, but the need to do so is not often. 1 time in 100 years…during Katrina oil companies abused prices.
Privacy laws will always be in effect, and even more so with Ron Paul.
And what the hell do you mean anti competitive? Free Market works by greed and competition. Ron Paul promotes Free Market with making sure no 1 big business has monopoly. He is very against socialist ideas. You are very confused, sir.
Well this shows what a joke this “pirate party” is…
supporting a CFR member and open globalist..
Anyone wonder where Barak Hussein Obama (really) got all his money to buy a senate seat a few years ago, coming out of nowhere?
This guy is another stooge of the corporate/global system of tyranny.
There is only one hope for America: RON PAUL
Fuck Obama. Ron Paul is the way to go.
[quote comment="254892"]Ron Paul supports net neutrality.[/quote]
Ho Voted against it. He also said on G4, quote” I don’t really understand all of these thigns anyway”
He’s all for deregulation, well, that just means whoevers got the most money wins.
however, thanks to all the debate this has generated, stay tuned to hear more from the Pirate Party about why Obama, and why not Paul
Are all you fucks that are suporting this dickwad blind? Did i hear a yes? Then allow me to explain it like you’re a 2 year old (thanks Denzil):
Copyright is the hottest issuse right now. Many fuckin’ asshole candidates wil spout the “well maybe we could look at it again” argument for the sake of the dumb fuckin’ voting public. Sure they will consider it…but only until you’ve voted…then….fuck you….they’ll either say “We looked at the issue and decided we are satisfied with the way things are” or they’ll simply ignore the issue altogether. It’s just one more way for greasy corruption riddled fuckers to get into power. Hey, trust me, if they could get away with saying “Tell you what…you vote for me and i’ll make food, booze and cigarettes free” they’d fuckin’ do it without batting a god damned eyelid. Because my dear blinded friends it would make you all run to the voting stations like lemmings to a fuckin’ cliff. Here endeth the lesson….
I vote for Barack
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Ernesto, you might want to take out the “All Ron Paul comments will be censored ;)” or add “just kidding”… Even with the smiley, it appears to be too subtle. A lot of people are under the impression (whether right or not) that the U.S. media are suppressing Ron Paul, so I guess you struck a nerve.
Other than that, while I disagree with the USPP (and my second comment on that is “awaiting moderation”, which seems to happen semi-randomly), I continue to appreciate your reporting, so keep it up. :)
[quote comment="254760"]Bill Clinton signed the DMCA. And if you wikipedia more recent laws, they are usually generated by democrats. I’ll admit, they have some republican support, but they were generated by democrats. Voting in Obama, a democrat, AKA a big gov lover is not right.
Republicans are for the free market, wouldn’t that be the obvious choice for pirating concerns and net neutrality?[/quote]
perhaps you are not aware that the monopolies the free market naturally gravitates toward (RIAA, MPAA, AT&T, etc.) are the ones that are doing these things. less regulation would not help that situation.
also the largest government expanses have happened under republican management.
Wrong candidate for the Job. He promises LESS internet freedom then Ron Paul. Don’t believe me, look it up.
barack is part of the CFR….
RP is for small government…
how does this make sense fore a pirate party?
Well all I can say is, I don’t trust ANY democrats anymore. See here:
http://www.equaljusticeproductions.com/servlet/the-1/Hillary-Uncensored-Clinton-Peter/Detail
[quote comment="254940"]Well all I can say is, I don’t trust ANY democrats anymore. See here:
http://www.equaljusticeproductions.com/servlet/the-1/Hillary-Uncensored-Clinton-Peter/Detail/quote
http://www.hillcap.org/default.php?page_id=2
ummm… Too be honest, I’m all for internet freedom and shit, but there are more important issues to vote on, like human rights in America. No matter how much is put against internet pirates, we’ll find a way to beat what’s in front of us, we’re the more intelligent people and can easily (comparatively to in real life) get past anything set up to stop us. I think a more important issue would be the rights of gays, lesbians, trans, etc. because those things can’t really be easily overcome without a revolution, and with all the ultra-conservatist-Christian-nutcases, that’ll be hard to do.
Guys, Ron Paul has mentioned that he would make sure that communications companies should not be able to restrict their customers traffic.
Obama’s vague statements are just more politician-speak. Ron Paul is the only candidate that ALWAYS backs up his words with his voting record.
I contributed to his campaign even though I live in Canada, because right now there is a real chance of the first honest US president in decades and that is good for Canada and the world(and pay no attention to the fact that the Corporate Media is purposefully ignoring him, he has a real good shot this year with mass internet access and people being able to find out the truth for themselves)
If only there was a politician like that so that I could be bothered to go out and vote.
Sigh…….
Ron Paul….
[quote comment="254846"]Nice rhetoric, that’s for sure, but you have absolutely no arguments whatsoever to support any of your claims. By taking away the GOVERNMENT incentive for companies to compete, they will be stuck in what was previously known as the free market. Do your research better. Also, I believe that the USA was far better off before the 1913, before the establishment of new slavery system with the non-gold dollar. Moreover, now I’m certain that the USA pirate party is on a MPAA/RIAA payroll.[/quote]
You are correct. I wish more people would actually do some research.
Ron Paul is pro ‘net neutrality’? How can anyone say that? Do some fucking research. He has stated explicitly that he isn’t. He believes that the internet shouldn’t be regulated by any means. He is consistent in all of his stated beliefs, and his voting record in Congress for 10 terms speaks for itself. No candidate is more honest or forthright than Ron Paul.
RP ‘08
http://www.ronpaul2008.com
http://www.ronpaulaudio.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul
Fuck Ron Paul. He’s a racist, neo-nazi coddling, nut-job.
He’s also fiercely pro-forced-childbearing and an evolution denier who believes that the earth is only 6,000 years old.
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton accept money from RIAA lobbyists. You want a real president? Vote Dennis Kucinich and bring our troops home.
69: Lies, lies and more lies.
Fuck Piracy! You Are All A Bunch Of Fucking Thieves! And Fuck Voting For Niggers!
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