Apolitical party which will decriminalise the sharing
of music and videos has registered in the UK.
The Pirate Party, which has
already won a seat in the European Parliament in Sweden, wants
to legalise non-commercial filesharing.
It will also campaign for free speech and against excessive
surveillance,
according
to the BBC.
It became an officially registered party in the UK on 30 June
and wants to go to the voters at the next general election.
Eric Priezkalns, UK party treasurer, told Sky News,"We think
there are a lot of people out there who share our concerns. The
reason for launching a party is to give those people an opportunity
to express their concerns about piracy, about privacy, and about
how the mainstream parties aren't responding to that agenda."
Membership of the party more than tripled after the
Pirate Bay verdict, which saw the founders of the peer-to-peer
file sharing website convicted of copyright infringement, but is
not related to the company.