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Swedish Pirate Demo
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Here's a rough translation of the text. Note that I'm Norwegian, not Swedish, so it's not perfect.
"Pirate Bureau demonstrated three places Published 2004-05-02
Three different places, supporters of the Pirate Bureau demonstrated under paroles like "The Welfare State begines with 100Mbit" (The Welfare State is the Scandinavian term for the semi-socialist state providing free healthcare, education, etc, etc. -W) and "Abolish the copyright". In Stockholm 200 people demonstrated, in Umeå about hundred and in Malmö a brave half dozen.
The participants shouted new slogans like "Use the force - Open source" and "We want six, we want six, we want 600 Mbit" (This slogan is a parody of the more frequently used "We want six, we want six, we want six hour working days". Note that in Scandinavia, '6' is pronounced 'sex'. Which makes the slogan much more fun. -W) and carried banners with pirate- and filesharing themes. In Stockholm the history's first Copyswap was carried out, where those who carried self-burned CDs with movies or music shared these with their new friends. In Umeå a prize was given to the best dressed pirate; a real hard drive.
Both in Stockholm and Umeå the speech focused on the newly finished campaign "Stop Fluktarna" (Heck if I know what 'Fluktarna' means:P -W), who attempts to pressure the ISPs to not accept the mafia methods of the large media companies when they among other things spy on the Internet users to be able to give the name of filesharers to the police.
In Umeå the demonstration proceeded by three large ISPs who have offices in the city, and in Stockholm the final destiation was the office of the Data Inspection (A state-run thingie mainly focusing on privacy and stuff. -W) where 23.000 signatures were handed in - burned on a CD. They did not have time for the Pircacy Bureau, so the list was left in their mailbox.
The Priacy Bureau would like to thank everybody taking part in the demonstrations today. We showed that we really exist, and that we are a notable force. Until the next arrangement - keep pirating!"
This is correct. The first spam was not sent in 1994, but in 1978. It was sent by Gary Thuerk of Digital Equipment Corporation to a total of 320 recipents.
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Here's a rough translation of the text. Note that I'm Norwegian, not Swedish, so it's not perfect.
"Pirate Bureau demonstrated three places
Published 2004-05-02
Three different places, supporters of the Pirate Bureau demonstrated under paroles like "The Welfare State begines with 100Mbit" (The Welfare State is the Scandinavian term for the semi-socialist state providing free healthcare, education, etc, etc. -W) and "Abolish the copyright". In Stockholm 200 people demonstrated, in Umeå about hundred and in Malmö a brave half dozen.
The participants shouted new slogans like "Use the force - Open source" and "We want six, we want six, we want 600 Mbit" (This slogan is a parody of the more frequently used "We want six, we want six, we want six hour working days". Note that in Scandinavia, '6' is pronounced 'sex'. Which makes the slogan much more fun. -W) and carried banners with pirate- and filesharing themes. In Stockholm the history's first Copyswap was carried out, where those who carried self-burned CDs with movies or music shared these with their new friends. In Umeå a prize was given to the best dressed pirate; a real hard drive.
Both in Stockholm and Umeå the speech focused on the newly finished campaign "Stop Fluktarna" (Heck if I know what 'Fluktarna' means:P -W), who attempts to pressure the ISPs to not accept the mafia methods of the large media companies when they among other things spy on the Internet users to be able to give the name of filesharers to the police.
In Umeå the demonstration proceeded by three large ISPs who have offices in the city, and in Stockholm the final destiation was the office of the Data Inspection (A state-run thingie mainly focusing on privacy and stuff. -W) where 23.000 signatures were handed in - burned on a CD. They did not have time for the Pircacy Bureau, so the list was left in their mailbox.
The Priacy Bureau would like to thank everybody taking part in the demonstrations today. We showed that we really exist, and that we are a notable force. Until the next arrangement - keep pirating!"
This is correct. The first spam was not sent in 1994, but in 1978. It was sent by Gary Thuerk of Digital Equipment Corporation to a total of 320 recipents.
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