On 17/05/2012, at 1:42 PM, Horacio T. Cadiz wrote: > On 05/16/2012 08:43 AM, David Cake wrote: >> I've suggested previously that the only reason alternate roots have > >failed in the past is that none of them have got significant user >> share, and that Pirate bay/The Pirate party is one of the few groups >> that could probably provide impetus for a significant uptake. > > Why do you think Pirate Bay would gain more traction than > the other alternate roots? What makes them different from > AlterNIC and the like? A very small percentage of the population care about DNS, and even know what AlterNIC is. A much larger percentage of the population care about access to pirated media, and know what Pirate Bay is. Or to put it another way - does anyone think it likely that AlterNIC, or other alternate roots, would ever have their own political party, that actually gets members elected in several countries? Cheers David