The Pirate Bay Free Speech pix
p2pnet.net news:- “Freedom of speech is our foundation. And it doesn’t come cheap. You might have heard that old quote by Evelyn Beatrice Hall; ‘I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.’ It’s really that simple. There are a lot of ugly opinions out there, but demoracy ain’t worth much without the right to express those opinions. There is this myth about freedom of speech being a nice comfortable idea, well it’s not. It’s annoying, appalling and sometimes even dangerous. But the opposite is way worse.”
We’ll drink to that.
The quote comes in The Pirate Bay’s BayImg, a newly launched pic site without all the hang-ups and restrictions.
The FAQ continues:
Q: Hey so this is just a new project from The Pirate Bay? Is this just so you can post free pictures of Paris Hilton and Pirates of the Caribbean?
A: Yeah, some of us run The Pirate Bay as well as 100 other cool projects. But please dont insult our taste and intelligence. Though we enjoy any picture of Paris in jail, we’d be more happy to see pictures of: you, you dressed up like a pirate, HÃ¥kan Roswall in a pink dress (don’t ask) or anything that would make the world a happier place.
Q: Tag Cloud? Please explain!
A: The tag cloud is a cool cloud that works like a top list of tags. But in the form of a cloud. Tiny words are less frequent tags, bigger words more frequent.
Q: Ok, I wanna remove that silly picture of me as a drunken sailor, that I uploaded yesterday.
A: When you uploaded the picture, you wrote a removal code. Kind of like a password. Now type it in and noone will ever see that picture again!
Stay tuned as we wait for cries of outrage from the cartels.
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NOTE: When we originally posted this story, we were under the impression BayImg was a video site. We apologise for the confusion. Dumb mistake.
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Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local politicians. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance. Don’t just complain. Do something!
June 21st, 2007 at 9:20 am
1) The site is down.
2) The site is for images (hence the URL) and not video.
End Transmission.