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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. Interesting story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This was on digg.com a few days ago. I am linking to the story because I want to show the rest of the much maligned slashdotters that there is no need to feel like our beloved news site is under threat.

    1. This story broke on digg.com before any credible sources had covered it. This meant that the guy who "dugg" it had to link to his own blog post (not strictly true - he could have waited). This is A Bad Thing, even on digg.

    2. Read the comments. Here are some of the more choice ones:
    • arrr, I was not hailed, arrr!
    • his noodlyness is most certainly pleased
    • I, for one, welcome our Swedish-IP-free-for-all overlords!
    • This story is going to be very big....I can just see the record industry spinning in their chairs. Don't the Swiss do the most interesting thing. The Red Cross, Swiss Bank Accounts and now this. Not that any of them are bad...it's just that I wonder what the Swiss stand for. Good? Evil? I bet it's more complicated than that.
    • maddox should be the spokesperson
    • Pirates on board! Aye Aye Captain! :)

    Here, you wouldn't need to wade through that. Chances are, people wouldn't even take the time to post it, since the moderation system actually makes people think about what they're typing.

    It's redundant by now to point out that digg is about the stories, not the comments, but this story demonstrates that digg doesn't even have a consistent advantage in its supposed area of strength, and it illustrates it so well that I decided it was too good to pass up.
  4. 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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  5. 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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