PirateParty of Canada

From the New York Times: “Their Crime: Playing iTunes on Devices Not Named iPod” - A French organization called “StopDRM” has staged a protest of new French laws, and registered themselves as having pbroken the law.

Commentary: this is a great way to set legal precedent and potentially get laws declared invalid, however France uses the Napoleonic code and not the English system of Common Law, so it remains to be seen how effective this will be.

Personally my goals are more along the lines of a consumer rights/advocacy group, the reason being that Canada has a first past the post electoral system, so getting elected is unlikely anytime soon. Pick the battles you can actually win in other words.

Please leave comments, I will collate the responses and repost them.