Interview With Leader of Sweden's Pirate Party

CrystalFalcon writes "Linux-P2P has published an interview with Rick Falkvinge, leader of the Swedish Pirate Party which is aiming to gain entry to Swedish Parliament this fall. (The party's founding was previously covered on Slashdot.) The party is totally for real, totally serious, and has seen approval ratings of 57% in some polls, with only four percent needed to gain seats. Its goals are to cut back copyrights, abolish patents, and strengthen the right to privacy."

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Re:I don't like the term "pirate".

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Well sure, if nothing is against the law, your crime rate is going to be quite low. If we legallized most drugs in the US, the crime rate would drop by something like 90%. If we legallized murder, rape, and child abuse we could get rid of most of the remaining 10%.