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@ 2013/05/16Pirate Bay co-founder and former spokesperson Peter Sunde plans to run for European Parliament next year on the Finnish Pirate Bay ticket.
The fact that he is facing a prison sentence for his involvement with BitTorrent doesn’t seem to concern him very much. He has been fighting the sentence for a while and if he gets elected things might get very interesting indeed. The Pirate Party already has two MEPs, courtesy of Swedish file sharing fans.
“I am doing what I can to help solve the problems we have today, as well as the ones we will have in the future,” Sunde told TorrentFreak. “Even though I’m not a politician, or perhaps because of that, I think that my experiences and knowledge could help create the solutions we’re in dire need of”.
Sunde says he wants to tackle the growing influence of copyright lobbyists and corporate interests in Europe. Patent reform and legalising non-commercial file sharing are also on his agenda.
Sunde said that he reached out to Kim Dotcom to join the race for parliament, but he declined, as he has other things on his mind. Now that would have been an interesting candidacy.
The fact that he is facing a prison sentence for his involvement with BitTorrent doesn’t seem to concern him very much. He has been fighting the sentence for a while and if he gets elected things might get very interesting indeed. The Pirate Party already has two MEPs, courtesy of Swedish file sharing fans.
“I am doing what I can to help solve the problems we have today, as well as the ones we will have in the future,” Sunde told TorrentFreak. “Even though I’m not a politician, or perhaps because of that, I think that my experiences and knowledge could help create the solutions we’re in dire need of”.
Sunde says he wants to tackle the growing influence of copyright lobbyists and corporate interests in Europe. Patent reform and legalising non-commercial file sharing are also on his agenda.
Sunde said that he reached out to Kim Dotcom to join the race for parliament, but he declined, as he has other things on his mind. Now that would have been an interesting candidacy.
