Monday, June 08, 2009

Actual HOPE!/CHANGE!/ARRRR!

In Europe, no less.

Pirate Party takes two EuroParl seats! - Boing Boing:
"The Pirate Party, a Swedish copyright reform party that was inspired by The Pirate Bay, has won two seats in the European Parliamentary election...
"When we asked Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge about the outcome, he told TorrentFreak:
"This feels wonderful. The citizens have understood it's time to make a difference. The older politicians have taken apart young peoples' lifestyle, bit by bit. We do not accept the authorities' mass-surveillance," he added.

...roughly 200,000 Swedes have voted for the Pirate Party. This is a huge increase compared to the national elections of 2006 where the party got 34,918 votes.

...With their presence in Brussels, the Pirate Party hopes to reduce the abuses of power and copyright at the hands of the entertainment industries, and make those activities illegal instead. On the other hand they hope to legalize file-sharing for personal use."

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