Pirate Party

[Quantos]

The PPCA is now an official political entity in Canada.
I'm not sure that it's actually a good thing.

[mr-bisquit]

Arrrggghhh.

[geewhiz]

The PPCA is now an official political entity in Canada.
I'm not sure that it's actually a good thing.

this a joke by chance?

[Helpmeh]

this a joke by chance?

Nope. The PPCA has been trying to get party status for a while now.

[BC_Programmer]

Doesn't really mean anything.It's still pretty much NDP versus Liberals both federally and across almost all provinces (except Quebec where the Bloc Quebecois often get's a sizable vote provincially as well). As far as I'm concerned neither side is worthy of any sort of trust, especially with regards to their various campaign promises. Of course this goes without saying- after all, politicians are pretty much just lawyers with a campaign treasury.

[rthompson80819]

I've read thee press release twice and I'm still not sure what they are for or against.

Except they want cheaper music.  Kind of a strange platform for a political party.

[Quantos]

I've read thee press release twice and I'm still not sure what they are for or against.

Except they want cheaper music.  Kind of a strange platform for a political party.

Especially when you consider that we are allowed to duplicate music on a personal and nonprofit level.  We pay a tax on recordable media that supposedly goes to the artists.  However the way they determine where it goes is probably controlled by the recording industry, which would leave the independent artists high and dry.

[geewhiz]

I've read thee press release twice and I'm still not sure what they are for or against.

Except they want cheaper music.  Kind of a strange platform for a political party.

They talk about it on there site. They REALLY want copyright reform. I'm guessing something along the lines of shortening the time it stays in affect. Go figure

[Quantos]

There's nothing wrong with wanting a shorter copywright lifespan.