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Swedish Anti-Piracy Lawyer Gets New Name 'Pirate'

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-power-of-the-prank dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet (in Swedish) reports that Henrik Pontén, a lawyer of Antipiratbyrån, a Swedish organization against file sharing, has received a notification from officials that an application for change of his name has been approved and a new first name 'Pirate' has been added to his name. Authorities do not check the identity of persons applying for name changes. Pirate Pontén now has to apply for another change in order to revert the change."

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  1. Re:it will only hurt the cause... by IamTheRealMike · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do you realize how paranoid you sound? Why don't we apply Occams Razor here ..... let's see, either the anti-piracy agency as you call it could be playing some subtle mind game in an attempt to discredit, uh, people who are already criminals and have a history of stupid harassment. Or it could be yet another inspired piece of retardedness from the same people who brought you "let's DoS a law firm with fraudulent wire transfers". Hmmm, I wonder which is more likely?