Pirate Party UK now registered by the Electoral Commission

www.telegraph.co.uk

Sweden’s Pirate Party, created to lobby for more free content on the internet, is now an officially recognised political party in the UK.

As of July 30, the Pirate Party UK was officially added to the electoral register of political parties in the UK.

This means the group can now have a Pirate Party candidate standing at the next general election.

The Pirate Party, which is not related to the Pirate Bay torrent site, wants to legalise internet file-sharing, safeguard people’s online privacy and abolish the patent system. In June 2009 it won a seat in the European Parliament, after capturing 7.1 per cent of votes in Sweden, which was enough to give its single seat.

Previously an obscure group of single-issue activists, the party enjoyed a jump in popularity after the conviction in April of four men behind The Pirate Bay, one of the world’s biggest free file-sharing website.

The case cast a spotlight on the issue of internet file-sharing, a technique used to download movies, music and other content. Read full article…

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