[pp.int.general] The Pirate Bay and the Pirate Party

Philip Hunt cabalamat at googlemail.com
Mon Oct 26 23:12:46 CET 2009


2009/10/25 Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>:
> If TPB promotes the Pirate Party, it would tend to support the statements
> that some people make that "You're just a bunch of criminals."
> This might be a reason not to do it.

That's certainly a reason to be cautious about doing it. But I think
the advantages outweigh the concerns. Millions of people use
BitTorrent and many of these would broadly agree with what we stand
for, provided they know what it is.

-- 
Philip Hunt, <cabalamat at googlemail.com>
Campaigns Officer / Press Officer, Pirate Party UK


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