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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. 'Bout damn time... by geekmux · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a lawyer was honest enough to carry this title.

    (ducks for cover)

    1. Re:'Bout damn time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're obviously confused. Lawyers are vampires not pirates.

    2. Re:'Bout damn time... by AioKits · · Score: 5, Funny

      Does this mean NYCL gets to change his first name to Badass?

      Badass Beckerman does have a nice ring to it...

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  2. The Poem of the Day by Celeste+R · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please excuse this poem, which some could argue is cornier than a corn cob...

    The Lawyer who turned Pirate:
          There once was a lawyer from Switzerland
          Who was paid to take things hand over hand
          When someone called the kettle black
          And at this lawyer took a whack
          He's now known as part of a pirate band.

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    1. Re:The Poem of the Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      There was once a scum lawyer from Sweden
      who wrote tales less true than Joss Whedon
      Since in the high court
      these he did exhort
      with a loophole he was made a grand teton.

  3. Re:And yet transsexuals cannot change gender freel by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 3, Funny

    So enter a filing to change his name to "Transgender-Refused" instead of "Pirate". It might make your point public, and annoy the lawyer yet again.

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  4. Dear Mr. Ponten by should_be_linear · · Score: 4, Funny

    We regret our mistake not verifying your identity when accepting name change to "Pirate". Your original name "HotLolitazWarez Ponten" is restored. Sincerely, Mr. Foo Bar Sweden department of anonymous name change

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  5. Re:it will only hurt the cause... by cffrost · · Score: 5, Funny

    ZOMG LMAO! Grow a sense of humor!

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  6. obligatory xkcd reference by kaini · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/327/

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  7. Re:Someone should by Bunji+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even more funny (or tragic) is the reason they found him guilty. Losely translated from my memory:

    "The defendant has such peculiar looks that the court finds it unlikely that any young woman would willingly have sex with him."

    I agree with the stand up comedian that later stated, "It must be hard having a court judgement declaring that you *are* ugly". No question about it. No doubts. You are legally declared ugly.

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  8. Re:it will only hurt the cause... by bennomatic · · Score: 2, Funny

    We have one extremely unlikely possibility, and one extremely likely possibility.

    Says you, "Mike", if that is your real name...

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  9. Re:it will only hurt the cause... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    there is no group. it's an ILLUSION

  10. Re:Who is he really now? by nicolas.kassis · · Score: 4, Funny

    he can just make an X

  11. Pirate? by Alex+Belits · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't it make more sense to change it to "Ninja"?

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  12. Re:And yet transsexuals cannot change gender freel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, you guys have a word for everything.