en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/310856 Comments by ess http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14478199 There are many, many issues that need attention.I'm sorry for the situation your family is in, and I can most certainly sympathize considering my own financial setting. However, focusing on any one to the exclusion of all others is completely self-defeating. Maybe it's not important enough to most people, but it's certainly important to the MPAA, the RIAA, IFPI, etc. And if we simply let them push their own agenda without pushback, we'll walk away with a strong economy and an internet where civil liberties are nonexistent. That's why the masses are the ones who truly have the power. We have no need to focus all of everyone's attention on a single thing in order to build the foundation for each that will stabilize them. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:04:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14478199 http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14471502 Of course, and I never meant to deny that fact. America simply isn't a place where political parties change. It's the core values of said party. That is more what I'm hoping will happen with the Pirate Party. Even if all they do is spread the awareness of the need for change, it might be enough to eventually get the ball rolling. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:09:40 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14471502 http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14470868 Right, my mistake. I was trying to say two party system. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:54:03 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14470868 http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14470586 It's definitely a step in the right direction. I think that even if they are more of an activist group than a political party, they will eventually be able to sway the laws being considered and enacted. However, it is also true that the bicameral party system is rather self-sustaining (though there is precedent of those parties changing), and it takes a lot for Americans as a populace to shift outside of their comfort zone. Things are changing every day, for better and worse, and if it gets bad enough, people will start fighting back. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:36:08 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/us-pirate-party-docks-in-california-090129/#IDComment14470586 http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-measures-dont-work-report-shows-090129/#IDComment14464292 There has been a bit of a trend lately of people with voices who can be heard telling the (if slightly adorned) truth. It would be great to see it continue, but I'm not holding my breath any longer than the TorrentFreak folks are. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:39:42 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-measures-dont-work-report-shows-090129/#IDComment14464292 http://torrentfreak.com/government-refuses-to-revoke-draconian-file-sharing-law-090129/#IDComment14463270 And hopefully when they see how badly it works, and how loud the public outcry is, they'll realize their mistake. I'm not sure about NZ law... is impeachment possible there? Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:52:58 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/government-refuses-to-revoke-draconian-file-sharing-law-090129/#IDComment14463270 http://torrentfreak.com/google-joins-fight-against-bittorrent-throttling-isps-090128/#IDComment14424785 amen to that Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:22:22 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/google-joins-fight-against-bittorrent-throttling-isps-090128/#IDComment14424785