The Pirate Party has Begun and Everyone's Invited!

In a previous post (LINK) I mentioned that the Swedish Pirate Party had recently won a seat in the European Parliament. Well apparently that was the tip of a very large pro-piracy iceberg as there is a large and well supported international community of Pirates out there. According to Wikipedia, the Pirate Party is organised in around 33 countries, and the most recent news is that the UK chapter of the organisation is gaining members at a very fast pace.

So a political movement has begun that is sure to alter the way that copyright laws develop in the future. I'm sure that revolutionaries throughout the world are very proud. I know I am.

Source

100 freetards an hour join Pirate Party UK
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Wikipedia Entry - Pirate Party
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UPDATE - 25 August 2009

Be warned. The Pirate Party UK is going after the youth vote. The question is will that be good enough. Perhaps piracy will prove to be an exciting enough concept to lure usually apathetic youngsters out from behind their computers and into a polling booth. Or maybe they will just be allowed to vote from their PC.

Source

Pro-filesharing political group targets youth vote at next election
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