Pirate Party of Utah
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A little more than a year ago the Pirate Party was established in America.
Inspired by Sweden’s Piratpartiet, its stated aim is to persuade the US government to, “encourage, rather than smother, creativity and freedom”.
The US Pirate Party says it’s now it is now accepting statements of support in the State of Utah.
“These statements are the first step in the registration of the Pirate Party as a political body in the State of Utah,” it states.
“We feel that Utah is an ideal state to begin registration of the Pirate Party as a political body,” says US Pirate Party spokesman Andrew Norton.
“Utah has a strong history of political diversity, and technological progress.”
The Pirate Party of Utah has until early February 2008 to return the 2,000 signatures of registered voters it needs.
“This is a big step forward for our party,” says Pirate Party of Utah interim administrator Ray Jenson.
“Utah is a perfect place to start. With the right people, we actually stand a chance at turning around the civil liberties situation.”
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Meanwhile, “I look forward to your expansion into California,” says angsto.
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Also See:
established in America – Pirate Party of America, June 8, 2006
US Pirate Party – PPUS announces registration in Utah, August 9, 2007
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August 10th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Why do they insist on calling it the “Pirate Party”??? There are a lot of people who would support what these organizations are about but will be immediately put off by one stupidly abused word. PIRATE. Arrrgggg! The name “Pirate Party” is a PR disaster.
August 11th, 2007 at 5:26 am
I have to agree. They are perpetuating the myth that file sharers are someone how associated with seafaring brigands.
August 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
I’m sure it’s just a temporary name. They’ll certainly be rethinking it as soon as they get a good PR spokesperson.
August 17th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
i would like to point out that registrations on the site, do not in any way help or count towards our Utah target. Electoral regulations require that we collect all signatures of registered votors on official registration forms.
Registration on the website is for the website only.
August 19th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
We’ve had this discussion over the name in a lot of other countries allready, and all but two i think (finland and some south american country) decided to go with a pirate name.
Part of the reasoning is that the entertainment industry has been calling people who share stuff (wether taped radio shows by hand or dvdrips on p2p nets) pirates for a long time, just because you call the party something else they’re not very likely to stop, are they? So in that case it’s better to call yourself pirates from the start because then at least some media will give you a chance to give your own definition of what that means.
This strategy is working to a large degree here in Sweden, most of the public have at least a basic idea of what we stand for, even if they’re just starting to realize why our issues are important.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:50 am
On the other hand, using the Pirate-name may inply an excessive focus on the copyright issue. The Pirate party here in Sweden has expanded its scope to a number of civil liberty questions (personal integrity, freedom of speech, anonymity on the Internet).
Other than that, I am all for the Pirate name. It really makes it clear that this is not a political movement that will be part of the old “rotten” establishment but really looks to shake things up.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:39 pm
I think the name itself generates alot of attention to The Pirate Party in Sweden, and if they had another name they wouldn’t stand a chance to get enough hype.