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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. Gimmicky parties stand no chance by Idimmu+Xul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My ninja party will fuck them up!

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  2. Re:I think the best part about a Piracy Party by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    -- Dr. Spock, stardate 2822-3.
    Err... confused the Vulcan with the child psychologist again.
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  3. Long live FSM! by ParnBR · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Our Lord, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, must be pleased with the creation of the Pirate Party. We must join and form Pirate Parties all around the world, and stop global warming!

    By the way, at first glance I thought this is about a party, with drinks, music and stuff. This, of course, would also please Our Lord, the great Flying Spaghetti Monster. May his noodly appendage touch everyone.

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    1. Re:Long live FSM! by NeuroManson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I thought we already had a "Talk Like a Pirate Day".

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  4. Re:Right to privacy, but no Intellectual Property? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Right, I think I'll go sue the NSA for violating the, uh, copyright on my telephone conversations.

    (Hint: Even if they don't make a recording of the conversation, it's still illegal to listen in without a warrant.)

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