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A new pro-piracy brigade is planning to invade the political arena, and their sole motive is to gain political power and a platform to voice their demands. The party in question is the Pirate Party, formed by a group of passionate file sharers who are pressing for creating an atmosphere where free file sharing would be allowed.

Rick Falkvinge, the founder of this party, recently addressed a large gathering in the In The City music conference in Manchester, where he received quite acidic threats, one being that he ought to be burned at the stake. Besides, one delegate accused him of being manipulative.

Yvette Livesey, the organiser of the music conference, also faced severe opposition for her decision to allow Rick Falkvinge to speak to the gathered audience. The Pirate Party has a silent supporter in Ms Yvette, because she feels that this type of debate should have started ten years earlier. She believes that the present situation is a result of a policy of not allowing healthy debate.

The Swedish Pirate Party has already demanded that copyright must be reduced from fifty to five years. According to observers, this movement has generated a lot of support in Germany and Sweden. Now the general view in the UK is that if the Pirate Party goes ahead with its plan of contesting elections and gains political power, it will surely herald bad times for the creative industry.

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