Music Industry Suits Could Bankrupt Pirate Party Members 215
An anonymous reader writes "Music industry group BPI has threatened legal action against six members of the UK Pirate Party, after the party refused to take its Pirate Bay proxy offline. BPI seems to want to hold the individual members of the party responsible for copyright infringements that may occur via the proxy, which puts them at risk of personal bankruptcy. Pirate Party leader Loz Kaye criticized the latest music industry threats and reiterated that blocking The Pirate Bay is a disproportionate measure."
Time to take up a collection, then. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:If only... (Score:2, Funny)
The CIA/NSA/MI6/etc: "My god, we brought this on ourselves by taking actions that made other people hate us! We have to immediately restore the bill of rights tenfold, dismantle the illegal spying programs, and recall our troops from around the world!"
Were you dropped on your head as a child, by any chance?
Re:If only... (Score:5, Funny)
I have occasionally said only partially in jest that the best thing that could happen to Washington DC would be for the British to come back and finish the job they started in 1814.
Re:"Disproportionate?" (Score:1, Funny)
Re:"Disproportionate?" (Score:5, Funny)
I disagree. The so called "rights holders" have twisted the law to their benefit, over the past several decades. People such as Walt Disney have wined and dined, and bribed the lawmakers to pass ridiculous laws, extending copyrights far beyond anything that is reasonable. Sonny Bonehead did the same.
The "rights holders" have even thrown a wet blanket over the use of "Happy Birthday" by little children at private parties.
I see the Pirate Party as a modern day Robin Hood, standing up to an unreasonable Sheriff of Nottanyfun.
You may be right. (Score:1, Funny)
Perhaps the solution is to change the name from "Pirate Party" to the "Totally Respect Other People's Stuff Party" or the TROPS Party.
Likewise, "The Pirate Bay" should change its name to "The We Totally Have Nothing That Belongs To Anyone Else Here Bay"
That'd fix it.