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

    ZOMG LMAO! Grow a sense of humor!

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

    he can just make an X

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

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

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