Legalize File Sharing, Say Swedish MPs

CrystalFalcon writes "In the past week, the file sharing debate has exploded in Sweden, with numerous mainstream politicians finally having understood the issue. Last week, seven Swedish MPs wrote a prominent opinion piece saying that fully legalized file sharing is not just the best solution, it's the only solution. Now their number has increased to 13, and the issue continues to grow. Good summaries at TorrentFreak and P2P Consortium. Original opinion piece in English here."

Comments

Erhm... Astonishment, Joy, Eyebrow-rising...

[alx5000]

There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling.

Re:Erhm... Astonishment, Joy, Eyebrow-rising...

[miscz]

ouÓ?

How can I...

[Wooky_linuxer]

emigrate to Sweden? Man, not only they make the best pr0n, now they will (hopefully) legalize file-sharing...

Proud of Sweden

[hossi19]

I'm very proud to live in the Sweden now. Proud of the nation of Pirates! So if you mpaa or riaa are planing to invande Sweden, think again! We will fight to the last man. Yarr!

Re:Proud of Sweden

[jpetts]

Indeed: if this comes off, then at a stroke, the Swedish government will have eliminated piracy! Now THAT'S impressive...

Re:Proud of Sweden

[yukk]

Proud of the nation of Pirates!

Not for much longer. If it is legal, then you're not pirating.

Oh, great, so now we have to go to theperfectlylegalbay.com ? It just doesn't have the same ring.

Carefull sweden, you got WMD

[SmallFurryCreature]

Weapons of mass distribution are found in sweden, US pledges to liberate the citizens.

Anyone else think that some one at the media forgot to pay swedish politicians? Don't worry, it will soon be corrected when the politicians all of sudden find they aren't invited to any media social events.

Attn: Sweden

[El Yanqui]

Please re-seed. I'm stuck at 67%.

Re:Generous with OPM.

[El Yanqui]

And just how much Swedish "culture" is their on piratebay?

Is "erotica" the same as "culture"?

Re:Third largest exporter of music

[Von Helmet]

That's a lot of Abba CDs.

Re:Generous with OPM.

[dintech]

Yes and Slashdot is full of cultural connoisseurs.

offtopic grammer nazi

[Hell O'World]

Actually you immigrate to a country, emigrating implies going FROM a country. Use it correctly and the women flock around you at parties.

Re:offtopic grammer nazi

[autophile]

Actually he did use it correctly. It's like the difference between come and go or here and there.

Whether he used it correctly or not is neither here nor there.

--Rob

Re:So much for Sweden

[l0b0]

I have to say, getting EU citizenship is looking more appealing all the time.

A word of warning before crossing the pond:

• Police won't be carrying guns at all times, so they will provide absolutely no protection.
• You'll have to deal with a lot of people who actually know the difference between "their", "there", and "they're". And you might even have to learn a whole new language to deal with those who don't.
• Don't plan to get rich - Even billionaires have to pay taxes here.
• Gun-toting rednecks are few and far between, so don't expect much interesting company. And forget about monster trucks!
• The Germans, Russians and Italians are just waiting for their chance - Don't let all this openness, good food/drink, and friendly faces fool you!
• Most people prefer Belgian or Swiss chocolate to Mars bars, Belgian, Polish, German or Czech beer to Bud, and pasta, sauerkraut, fondue or smoked salmon to a Big Mac.
• In rural places a lot of people don't even lock their doors, so naturally theft, rape and murder are rampant.
• The taxpayers' money is spent on lots of useless stuff - Schools, health insurance and those too lazy to work.

But if this is not too daunting, you're very welcome to join!

And in closing...

[rob1980]

bork bork bork!

Offtopic spelling nazi

[HubHikari]

Actually you write it grammar, grammer implies you don't know how to spell. Use it correctly and...well, women won't flock around you at parties, but English teachers will be less inclined to hit you with bricks.

Re:Offtopic spelling nazi

[hibiki_r]

It's the unwritten rule of the grammer Nazi's to make at least two grammar mistakes in every post correcting someone else. Those darn Nazis.

Re:What took them so long?

[Iloinen Lohikrme]

Actually he did mean Nokia. You see Finland is just rebellious province of Sweden, lost for temporarily, but not permanently. No truly Swedish have never accepted the loss of the empire. As the time will come right the Stormaktstiden will come back! The rightful lands of Finland, Norway, Estonia and parts of Russia and North-Germany will be returned under the reborn Swedish Empire!

Re:So much for Sweden

[Iloinen Lohikrme]

Actually you are referring to Britain, and according to some Brits they are not, and will not ever be part of Europe. Actually some of us in Europe are coming to the same conclusion.. nah.. just kidding, we love Brits :) ... no group is perfect without one who's total chicken and against everything that the gang does ;)

PS. European elitism? It never went anywhere, we just know that shouting "USA! USA! USA! Number one! USA! USA! USA! Fuck yeah!" isn't the proper form of showing superiority. We do it more subtly you see.

Re:What took them so long?

[Anonymous Coward]

You see Finland is just rebellious province of Sweden, lost for temporarily, but not permanently. Not so. Sweden used to be part of Finland until we realized how rubbish they are at fighting wars, at which point we dumped them and annexed Russia for a while. Everything went well until they started fooling around with revolutions and communism and stuff, and we just couldn't be bothered anymore.

During WW2 the Russians were practically begging to join us again, but you know, we just can't parent them forever. They have to learn to take responsibility for their own lives.

Re:In the EU, I understand

[Bloke down the pub]

What kind of sicko pays money to fuck a prostitute's ears

You've never heard of aural sex?

Re:In the EU, I understand

[stonedcat]

Twat? I cunt hear you! I have an ear infucktion.