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Pirate Party Wins At Least One European Parliament Seat

Posted by timothy on from the replace-amateur-clowns-with-professional-clowns dept.

reeeh2000 writes "According to TorrentFreak, with half of polling stations now closed in Sweden, the Pirate Party has at least one guaranteed seat in the EU Parliament. Currently, the party is sitting with 7% of the vote. Depending on how the remaining districts voted, the Pirate Party could win another seat, for a total of two." Reader lordholm adds a link to an article about exit polls in Sweden (link in Swedish) indicating that the Pirate Party will score two seats, writing "According to the polls, the pirate party is the largest party in the 18-30 year age category of voters. The final counting of votes (including around a million postal votes) will not be done until later next week."

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  1. And Democracy reins... not in the U. S. of A. by erroneus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    We the people in the U.S. should be a bit ashamed of this in all we claim about ourselves on a regular basis. For those who are paying attention, we already know we have shifted over into "the Corporate States of America" bent on expanding to become "the Corporate States of Earth."

    As far as copyright and intellectual property is concerned, I'll agree that there is a place for it, but it has exceeded its usefulness and purpose tremendously. It now harms the public, culture and future-history in its present form and should be balanced with the interests of the individual. We need a "Pirate Party" in the U.S... or at least a body like the EFF or ACLU or something like that. (NYCL? Is that your calling?)

  2. Re:Bravo! by bonch · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Filesharers," haha Answer me something. Why is it called the PIRATE Party?