Submission + - The Pirate Party UK needs help. Big time. (pirateparty.org.uk)
Ajehals writes: "The Pirate Party UK is facing legal action over the hosting of the tpb.pirateparty.org.uk proxy and it's fight against web blocking.
"We have now received a letter from the BPI telling us that we will be hearing from their solicitors in connection with the proxy.
We believe in freedom of expression, the right to share information and ideas without interference. Censorship is never the right answer. Censorship, in any form, interferes with crucial freedoms and rarely delivers on its aims. Censorship's only effect is to hide underlying problems or pretend they do not exist, rather than dealing with them directly. In the meantime, legitimate expression is curtailed.""
"We have now received a letter from the BPI telling us that we will be hearing from their solicitors in connection with the proxy.
We believe in freedom of expression, the right to share information and ideas without interference. Censorship is never the right answer. Censorship, in any form, interferes with crucial freedoms and rarely delivers on its aims. Censorship's only effect is to hide underlying problems or pretend they do not exist, rather than dealing with them directly. In the meantime, legitimate expression is curtailed.""