Peter Sunde, founder of The Pirate Bay announced the death of the movement and urged followers to abandon piracy, and fight surveillance:
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fuck the ?pirate movement?. Rename it, re-brand it, do whatever you want. Just fucking don?t be a pirate. Be something more awesome. Be a world citizen that cares about the same topics.
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David Newhoff at The Illusion of More wrote about the death of the "Pirate Movement" and Sunde's announcement:
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the ?service? provided by The Pirate Bay and similar sites is not anything like a foundation for social change. Forget that digital theft of popular media is illegal, immoral, and rude; it?s also far too pedestrian to serve as a catalyst for political action that would effectively contend with a thorny problem like surveillance or ascend such lofty heights as universal education.
In the past, I?ve made snarky statements like this: some American teenager illegally downloading a Thor movie is not how one speaks truth to power.
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It's a fun read. If only content pirates would all read it!