Pirate Radio

The movie Pirate Radio has a theme of breaking corrupt laws in order to do what is right. It is set in 1966 in the North Sea, where a group of DJs on board a ship broadcast non-stop rock music to Britain because of the law that says there can only be a limited amount of rock played in a day. They don't agree with the law, so take matters into their own hands in order to do what they believe is right, which is as much rock music as possible available for everyone.

The British government is after the members of Radio Rock, and wants to shut them down. They work to find legal loopholes in order to shut down the station. They end up making it illegal for British businesses to advertise unlicensed radio stations. They figure that if Radio Rock can't make money without profits from the advertising, then they will be forced to shut down.

"That's the whole point of being a government. If you don't like something, you simply make it illegal." That is indeed what the British government did, and it was wrong of them. People should have the freedom to be able to listen to whatever they want. The DJs thought so too, and became activists who took a stand against the government so they could do what they thought was right. Since this film is historically based, I think the real DJs who went against the government in the sixties for the sake of music were great activists for supplying the United Kingdom with the freedom of listening to their own choice in music.

"Governments loath people being free."