Pirate party launches manifesto

The UK Pirate party has launched an election manifesto calling for file-sharing to be legalised and for all BBC content to be placed in the public domain.

The party, which only formed last year, plans to field two candidates in this year's general election. Last year its Swedish branch won two seats in the European Parliament.

Claiming to be neither a party of the left nor the right it says its core focus is copyright reform, privacy protection and freedom of speech.

The party's manifesto declared that people should have the right to share files as long as money doesn't change hands and that it would make the BBC release all of its output under a Creative Commons licence.

Other measures would include compensation for internet speeds less than those advertised and warning labels on products containing DRM protected content.

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