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Parties that are disparaged as being the beneficiary of protest votes tend to shape the public discourse in terms of what people are protesting agains. This has already happened, copyright reform is a much more visible topic now than it used to be. I keep reading arguments I had on the internet 10 years ago rehashed (sometimes badly) in respectable newspapers.

People are at least vaguely aware of the pirate party's position, as much as there is one. If nothing else, I doubt people who are in favor of more expansive copyright would vote PP. And arguably, any anti-establishment vote, if you want to call it that way, is bound to be a vote in favor of copyright reform.



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