
<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Is associating with alleged criminals illegal in the US these days? I'm not that up-to-date with US politics and legislation, but that seems completely ridiculous and unlikely to me. Unless The Pirate Bay were to be declared a terrorist organisation I guess...</div><div><br></div><div>(I'm not getting into an argument about whether The Pirate Bay is illegal or not. I understand technology, not law, and anyway its legality is unknown and spurious to my comment.)</div><div><br></div><div><div>27 feb 2009 kl. 16.35 skrev Glenn Kerbein:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I don't see how their situation nor any combination of their career can<br>correct this issue. Associating, in this jurisdiction, with the site nor<br>the defendants, is illegal and damaging to our image.<br><br>Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet) wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Glenn,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">you do understand that they consider themselves to be just another<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">common carrier, and that the exact same court case could be applied<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">against any telco, or even the Postal Service, once you disregard their<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">political statements?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Rick<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Glenn Kerbein wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Seems neat if you're an extremist anti-copyrightist. (Yes, I just<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">conjured up a word)<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I personally refuse to associate nor follow the Pirate Bay trial, just<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">for it's sheer absurdity. Over and over again, we get inquiries and<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">emails regarding our affiliation with the site, and I repeatedly have to<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">assert that we (rather obviously) aren't affiliated.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">In short, if you want to become one in the same with the Bay, then feel<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">free to reproduce the translated document on your respective sites. Just<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">be forewarned that we won't/can't/don't endorce nor condone the site, or<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">it's works.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">That is all.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Christian Hufgard wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">a group around the pirate bay called kopimist released a "book"<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">yesterday. Today an english version was put online. I think it'll might<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">be a good pr, if pirates from all over the world translate it into their<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">languages.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4741944/powr.broccoli-kopimi">http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4741944/powr.broccoli-kopimi</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Christian<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">____________________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general">http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">____________________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general">http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general</a><br></blockquote><br>-- <br>Glenn Kerbein<br>Pirate Party of the United States<br>"Burn, Hollywood, Burn"<br>____________________________________________________<br>Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br><a href="mailto:pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general">http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>