One of the (several) reasons why we fight copyright and anti-piracy measures/policies is because it leads to a surveilance state. For instance, for things like the <i>'<a href="http://delimiter.com.au/2011/07/29/afact-wants-automated-bittorrent-violation-system/">standardized automated processing system</a>' for BitTorrent copyright infringement notices</i> that's been sugested by the entertainement industry recently, some kind of surveilence entity would have to monitor all user's bittorrent trafic, undermining our privacy in the name of "copyright protection".<br>
<br>Proprietary software poses similar threats, but without the need of network wiretapping: the spy can be installed inside our own machines in secret software routines. There is no way to know exactly what the software does. <br>
<br>If pirate parties adopt proprietary software "in the name of pragmatic aspects regardless of ideology", then it sends a political message to the world regarding measures to guarantee users privacy and data integrity. And also regarding user autonomy, inovation, etc (you know the reasoning already).<br>
<br><span id="title-22765104"><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1242250/Movie-Studios-Want-Automated-BitTorrent-Warnings">Movie Studios Want Automated BitTorrent Warnings</a></span><br><br>Felipe Sanches<br>
Pirate Party Brazil<br><br><br>