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Swedish Filesharers Start 'The Piracy Party'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-want-my-infinite-bandwidth-party dept.

sp3tt writes "Tired of being called criminals, a group of Swedish filesharers have started a new political party, The Piracy Party (Piratpartiet in Swedish). The party wants to abolish all intellectual property laws, reverse the data retention directive passed by the EU last month, and protect privacy with new laws. The party expresses no opinion on other subjects. The Piracy Party's webpage is so far only available in Swedish, at piratpartiet.se The party's goal is to get into to the parliament, which requires 4% of the votes, or roughly 225000 votes. Elections are held in September."

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  1. Excellent !!! by ThinWhiteDuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    More pirates means less global warming

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  2. Re:Two questions: by xtracto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or better yet, Any swedish girl wants to marry me? =-)

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  3. Do we bring Rum or Absolut? by digitaldc · · Score: 5, Funny

    To a Swedish Piracy Party?

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  4. Re:Two questions: by Zenmonkeycat · · Score: 5, Funny
    Großoberunterkartoffelbreikäsewaffenführer: Chief Head Deputy mashed-potato cheese weapon leader

    At least, I think that's what that would mean; I can't remember if "Unterführer" can be split, and it's been about six years since I used German conversationally for any length of time.

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