MP3 Party
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The MP3 Party was a British
political party
founded in 2002 that promised to "delete one regulation per day, one law per week, one subsidy per month and one tax per year". This was based on the idea that when social, legal and administrative systems reach a certain level of complexity
they cease functioning.
The inspiration for the name came from the file sharing
community. The party was originally refused registration by the Electoral Commission
on the grounds that their proposed name would constitute an infringement of the MP3
trademark
, but Grundig
confirmed that it did not own the trademark.
The party was founded by Ruslan Fedorovsky, who, along with three others, spent £30,000 on establishing the party. It claimed a membership of 10. "Eccentric" policies included founding a "Commissariat for Simplification", banning lawyers from sitting in Parliament, sending prisoners to other countries to cut costs, reinstating the death penalty, Broadband
in all homes, a foreign policy of neutrality, and allowing anyone to use a royal title if 100 people will act as their subjects.
It never contested any elections, and was offered for sale for £2000 in 2005 on eBay
as Fedorovsky said they were "too preoccupied with their own projects." It deregistered in January 2007.
United Kingdom
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political party
Political party
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founded in 2002 that promised to "delete one regulation per day, one law per week, one subsidy per month and one tax per year". This was based on the idea that when social, legal and administrative systems reach a certain level of complexity
Complexity
In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. The study of these complex linkages is the main goal of complex systems theory. In science there are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are...
they cease functioning.
The inspiration for the name came from the file sharing
File sharing
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
community. The party was originally refused registration by the Electoral Commission
Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)
The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by the UK Parliament. It regulates party and election finance and sets standards for well-run elections...
on the grounds that their proposed name would constitute an infringement of the MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
, but Grundig
Grundig
Grundig AG is a German manufacturer of consumer electronics for home entertainment which transferred to Turkish control in 2004-2007. Established in 1945 in Nuremberg by Max Grundig, the company changed hands several times before becoming part of the Turkish Koç Holding group...
confirmed that it did not own the trademark.
The party was founded by Ruslan Fedorovsky, who, along with three others, spent £30,000 on establishing the party. It claimed a membership of 10. "Eccentric" policies included founding a "Commissariat for Simplification", banning lawyers from sitting in Parliament, sending prisoners to other countries to cut costs, reinstating the death penalty, Broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
in all homes, a foreign policy of neutrality, and allowing anyone to use a royal title if 100 people will act as their subjects.
It never contested any elections, and was offered for sale for £2000 in 2005 on eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
as Fedorovsky said they were "too preoccupied with their own projects." It deregistered in January 2007.