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Pirate Party Gains Another Seat In EU

Posted by timothy on from the soon-only-pirates-won't-be-pirates dept.

bs0d3 writes "Amelia Andersdotter is a member of the Swedish Pirate Party elected in 2009. Originally her votes were not enough to beat fellow pirate Christian Engstrom for a seat on the European Parliament. Today the EU has redrawn the lines and 12 countries are to gain one or more MEPs — including Sweden, where Andersdotter is set to be confirmed."

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  1. Re:I can't possibly be the only one... by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 4, Informative

    At least they are being honest in their party name!

    Personally I wish this party would get elected http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party

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  2. Re:I can't possibly be the only one... by CrystalFalcon · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are very good reasons for that name, the most obvious being that a party with the same platform by any other name had remained an unseen web page.

    For more, check the article "Why the name Pirate Party?" here: http://falkvinge.net/2011/02/20/why-the-name-pirate-party/

  3. It's childish... by AdamJS · · Score: 4, Informative

    But not in the way most people would be thinking.
    Remember, Piracy was adopted as the major branding slogan by content publishers because they thought it would have negative connotations. Accuracy and truth were not a part of it; they were going for psychological hits rather than any actual reasoning based off of logic and justice.

    In calling it a "Pirate Party" they are mocking the originators of the term. It had already lost its meaning and reversed, becoming an average term, and now used by a political party as a straight-out rallying term of endearment against anachronistic corporations and the politicians they control.

    Which is in and of itself quite petty, and thus childish. Still amusing, and still a group of politicians that I'd trust further for many issues (completely unrelated to piracy or media) than most others.

  4. Re:Whig Party by Nidi62 · · Score: 3, Informative

    There were also, for a short time, parties known as the "Bull Moose Party" and "The Knownothings"(for this, think of William Cutting and the Association of American Natives in Gangs of New York) in US political history.

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  5. Re:Does the Swedish pirate party have a logo? by mmcuh · · Score: 3, Informative

    Strangely enough, Wikipedia also shows the logo for the Swedish Pirate party. The PPI logo is based on it.

  6. Re:The only people in the world and the party that by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Informative

    As far as I know, the Pirate Party does NOT support the end of copyright. They support reducing it substantially. So if you cannot support a party that supports copyright, this isn't the party for you.

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