France has become the newest member of the world’s fastest-growing political party.
Le Parti Pirate has joined the copyright reform Piratpartiet whose Swedish founders and members say they’re, “tired of being deemed a criminals and terrorists by the system for sharing a few measly files for no financial gain or loss to anyone,” as The Inquirer summed it up in January.
The Swedish manifesto says it’s against seeing the developing world starve, “because the developed world refuses to share its intellectual property,” says the story, adding:
“Its message is that corporations are engaging in racketeering in the developing world and a few power hungry individuals and greedy corporate entities are infringing on privacy and integrity. Piratpartiet says that it will strike out immaterial law, ignore WIPO and WT, and annul any further treaties or policies that hinder the free flow of information. They will refuse to allow data retention nonsense based on terrorism claims or failed RIAA business models.”
