San Diego GOP Chairman Alleged To Be a Fairlight Co-Founder

Airw0lf writes with a claim that appears too implausible to credit, at first glance: "If anyone remembers 'Fairlight' — one of the great groups on the warez scene, you may be interested to know that one of their leaders, Tony Krvaric, is now the chairman of the San Diego Republican Party." A similar report (on which the TorrentFreak story above draws heavily, and which is cited for the same claim about Krvaric made in the above-linked Wikipedia entry) showed up last week in The Raw Story. According to these reports, Krvaric is the same person known as "strider" in the Warez scene. I called Krvaric seeking comment; though he was unavailable, I hope he chooses to comment by email to help inform any followup coverage. A telephone receptionist at the office of the San Diego Republican Party acknowledged that she knew of the claims, but refused further comment, citing workplace rules. While she would not directly acknowledge or deny the truth of the allegations, she asked me to "remember, these are things that happened more than 20 years ago." Since some people have been penalized quite harshly (and some have been jailed) for the sort of large-scale software piracy that Fairlight enabled, it's interesting that Krvaric has enjoyed instead a meteoric rise in conservative politics.

A breath of change.

[Ceiynt]

Well, at least someone with a crimal background is getting into politics rather then a politition getting into criminal activities.

And yet...

[quag7]

It still hasn't gotten weird enough for me.

***TRIAD*** for DEPARTMENT of HOMELAND SECURITY!

I downloaded once in college

[Anonymous Coward]

But I never installed. It was a diffent time back then. We were innocent.

Cheap shots:

[should_be_linear]

- I guess his primary objective will be to ban Atari ST computers.
- I am glad for Fairlight but did Northstar made it to goverment already?
- If he can program all Amiga specialized chips in his demos, he can run any city in the world easily.
- I will vote him only if he promise free copy of Photoshop for all, with license key generator.
- For whatever reason, his speech always ends with "Greetings to" section.

Re:And yet...

[vecctor]

Everyone is of course entitled to their opinion, but I prefer the security policies of RAZOR 1911.

Re:This gives new meaning to the phrase...

[halivar]

I believe you meant "Republican 1337".

WHY THE FUCK SHOULD HE REPLY BY EMAIL?

[Anonymous Coward]

Everything you need is in the nfo, lamer!

Re:Republican Motto:

[Anonymous Coward]

Or, as he calls it, the "oxy-coatin'".

Re:Right wing nutjob motto

[Faylone]

Oh, you gotta do better than that, how about... Macs Suck! Linux is for communists hippies! Bill Gates is Jesus!