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Sweden Bans Copyrighted Downloading

Posted by Zonk on from the a-less-friendly-EU dept.

Xiar Prime writes "Swedish lawmakers have made downloading of copyrighted material illegal, one day after an 11-nation piracy crackdown. Prior to the passing of the law, it was only illegal to provide copyrighted material, not download it." From the article: " The law was drawn up to bring Sweden into line with EU directives and is also part of a wider crackdown on net piracy. It comes a day after the US Attorney General's office announced an 11-nation operation to catch and shut down net piracy groups."

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  1. Wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean I wasted my time learning Swedish?!

    1. Re:Wait... by andersbergh · · Score: 2, Funny

      "svenska", not "Svenska"

  2. The strength of said forces by Iriel · · Score: 2, Funny
    The forces that are fighting to keep this illegal behaviour are incredibly stron
    I feel sorry for the new Swedish anti-piracy director if those forces ever becomes strong
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  3. what are we policing these days? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    i hope that osama guy starts using BitTorrent soon so we can actually catch his @ss and put him down...

  4. Takes two+ to tango by ScentCone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yarrr, maties... now when one of us walks the plank, the whole crew goes to Davy Jones' locker. Yarrrr.

    Or, however that would go in Swedish.

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  5. All the Swedish you'll ever need by 2names · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bork! Bork! Bork!

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    "I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
  6. In Sweeden... by dj245 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A cøpyright nøtice ønce bit my sister...

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    1. Re:In Sweeden... by Kojiro+Ganryu+Sasaki · · Score: 5, Funny

      We dön't have thöse ø's in Sweden. Thöse are danish :P