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Interview With Leader of Sweden's Pirate Party

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the two-party-system?-never-heard-of-it dept.

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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  1. So... by brilinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you say, "Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" in Swedish?

    1. Re:So... by CrystalFalcon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Something like "Hum, de dum de dum, de dum de dum, de dum de yaaarrgh yaaargh yaaargh yaaargh bork bork bork".

    2. Re:So... by richie2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, well... Um. We moved it. And made it a three day affair. Starting on the 17th. Yeah, that's it. Right. Arr?

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    3. Re:So... by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yårrrrrrrr

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  2. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    global average temperatures are decreasing.

  3. Re:Yo ho ho and a bottle of Absolut by braun · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, but wanting to download a Swedish movie is concidered as an act of mental illness here.

  4. Re:worth noting by Imsdal · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now we know that at least one person who cares about pirating is a skilled hacker. Somehow, I'm not surprised...

  5. Re:here? by Distinguished+Hero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Four percent across the country may not sound like much, but if the left- and right-wing blocks get 48% each, like they typically do, then the Pirate Party will hold the balance of power. And that is a very good bargaining chip.
    (In the last election, the Green Party achieved this position, counting in at 4.2% in the election, and they got basically everything they wanted.)

    So 4% of the vote gets you 100% of the power... sounds like a great democratic system.

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  6. Re:here? by krbvroc1 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Those small pieces of paper you put in the voting box cost obscene amounts

    Why don't they just copy them?