In a startling rejection of the democratic process the MPAA has called a legitimate political party in Europe “thieves”.

During an interview with ZDNet, Dean Garfield, director the MPAA’s anti-piracy department, stated: “There’s nothing about what the Pirate Bay does or what the Pirate Party does that is legitimate. There’s nothing philosophically principled about it. They steal copyright content and accept advertising dollars based on taking other people’s work. There’s nothing noble about it.”

What a dumb ass turd.

As TorrentFreak reports:

alling a political party illegitimate and their members thieves is a pretty bold statement for an organization who’s feeding politicians thousands of dollars to support their cause. I doubt that Garfield even read their election manifesto, if he did, he would know that the party has nothing to do with stealing copyright.

“This can only be seen as MPAA calling democracy illegitimate. We are a registered political party finishing in the top ten in a parliamentary democracy,” says Rick Falkvinge, leader of the Swedish Pirate Party in a response to TorrentFreak. “That these people claim it would somehow be illegitimate to change laws through a parliamentary process shows just how corrupt to the core they are.”

No shit. Once again the old guard of entitled powers react to public political action as being criminal and not worthy of their consideration. Fuck you and the cake you want me to eat. I’m hoping this digital revolution we find ourselves in plays out in a bloodless and speedy manner. These next few years are indeed going to be interesting as the large corporations face an increasing number of activated and outraged citizens and their subsequent political appendages that are immune to being bought and controlled like so many of the corrupt “officials” who currently “represent” us.

Cheers.