Swedish Pirate Party Gains 3000 Members In 7 Hours

An anonymous reader writes "Due to outrage over the verdict in The Pirate Bay trial, the Swedish Pirate Party has gained 3000 members in less than 7 hours. It is now bigger than 3 of the 7 parties represented in the Swedish parliament. 'Ruling means that our political work must now be stepped up. We want to ensure that the Pirate Bay activities — to link people and information — is clearly lawful. And we want to do it for all people in Sweden, Europe and the world, continues Rick Falk Vinge. We want it to be open for ordinary people to disseminate and receive information without fear of imprisonment or astronomical damages.'"

Comments

Limewire, LOL!!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Do what you want, 'cause a pirate is free,
YOU ARE A PIRATE!
Yar har, fiddle di dee,
Being a pirate is alright to be,
Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!

(spoken)You are a pirate!
(crowd)Yay!

We've got us a map, (a map!)
To lead us to a hidden box,
That's all locked up with locks! (with locks!)
And buried deep away!

We'll dig up the box, (the box!)
We know it's full of precious booty!
Burst open the locks!
And then we'll say hooray!

I suggest

[BigJClark]

I suggest creating a facebook group and tying a coloured ribbon around the antennae of your car. This is what we do in Canada.

Re:I suggest

[Anonymous Coward]

In America, we can't figure out how to do anything requiring skill like tying a ribbon, so we just buy a magnet shaped like a ribbon, and slap it on the car.

Re:I suggest

[Anonymous Coward]

In Europe, we do have ready-made ribbons, but we cannot afford them, so we buy them imported from the Chinese and still lack the skill of tying a ribbon. The world's a sad place, unless you're Chinese. That doesn't make any sense at all, though, so forget that you read this post.

Re:Wow....

[rackserverdeals]

The name might just be in reference to TPB.

Unfortunately, even though they got 3,000 members, 90% of them are leachers.

Call in the seals

[DirtyCanuck]

In other news, RIAA navy seals under cover of night parachute into Swedish prison and with 4 well placed shots.....

Re:The Thief Party

[migla]

First of all, it's not stealing, it's copying. It's like when Jesus copied the fish and bread and fed all those people. Maybe some bakers and fishermen were pissed back then, but you know, it was for the common good. Copying was obviously the right thing to do then and it's obviously the right thing to do today.

(ps. Whether or not Jesus actually had star trek gear or it is a made up story, is irrelevant)