Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is a candidate for Pirate Party MEP in Finland
12:02 pm Wed, May 15, 2013
http://boingboing.net/2013/05/15 ... under-peter-su.html

“Non-commercial file sharing should of course become legal and protected, and must re-think copyright all together. Copyright is not the thing that makes ARTISTS money, it’s only for their brokers and distributors,” Sunde says.“
I’d rather see us sponsor culture by pushing more money to music education, and facilities for your people to create music. It would be much more sane for cultural advancement then extending copyrights.”
If elected Sunde hopes to be aggressive rather than defensive. This means not just responding to treats to Internet freedom, such as ACTA, but ensuring that this type of legislation doesn’t even make it onto the political agenda in the first place.
“I think there’s a huge possibility for us to impact the EU and I would like to be part of it,” Sunde says.
The Pirates are delighted to have the Pirate Bay founder on board. Harri Kivistö, chairman of the the Finnish Pirate Party, says that Sunde’s candidacy will raise the visibility of the party during the upcoming election. Perhaps more importantly, his values fit well within the Pirate Party movement.
继维基泄密的 Julian Assange 宣布竞选澳洲大选后,海盗湾创办人也宣布竞选欧洲议会。2013年,资讯自由斗士大反击!!



