The Pirate Party Is Coming to Canada

Courtesy Mashable!  Sun, 08/30/2009 - 12:16

Pirate Party Canada LogoWhile the Pirate Bay sale has dominated headlines recently, it wasn’t that long ago where the focus was on the Pirate Bay trial .

The founders of the controversial peer-to-peer sharing website were convicted of copyright infringement, which factored into their decision to sell the website they created.

The Pirate Bay fiasco made an impact on European politics as well. The Sweden Pirate Party, whose main issue is copyright reform, secured at least one seat...


 

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