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The Pirate Party Now the Biggest Party In Iceland

Posted by timothy on from the relative-vs-absolute dept.

jrepin writes The Pirate Party now measures as the largest political party in Iceland, according to a new servey from the Icelandic market and research company MMR which regularly surveyes the support for the political parties in Iceland. Support for political parties and the government was surveyed in the period between the 13thand 18th of March. The results show that The Pirate Party has gained increased support. Now, support for The Pirate Party totals 23.9%, compared to their previous 12.8% in the last MMR survey.

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  1. so by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    feel free to seed bjork torrents guilt free

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  2. Sounds like it's time... by halivar · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...to air drop some Freedom on those dirty pirates.
    /duck
    /run

  3. It's Iceland by jratcliffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can be the largest political party there and still have your membership fit inside a Ford Transit van without violating any seatbelt laws.

  4. Re:Now dump the Berne treaty by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    And start accepting sane copyright laws. Increased production will also more than compensate for the sanctions the US will impose, as long as they can avoid a US invasion to "liberate" the country.

    They have weapons of ice destruction there you know.

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    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
  5. History repeats itself by allcoolnameswheretak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Iceland has been the home of Vikings for centuries, so not much has changed.
    It's no coincidence that the first Pirate Party was founded in Skandinavia...