Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Jun 2009 16:50 UTC
The pro-internet file sharing Pirate Party yesterday scored a big win by securing a seat in the European parliament. It pulled in 7.1 per cent of votes in Sweden, which handed the party one of the country's 18 seats in the European parliament. "Privacy issues and civil liberties are important to people and they demonstrated that clearly when they voted today," Pirate Party candidate Anna Troberg told Swedish TV on Sunday.
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2005-10-15
I have to ask are you stupid or just uninformed.
This election had nothing to do about the right to download freely.
But it had everything to do with the monitoring of all internet traffic and all phone calls.
laws that say's that all traffic to and from sweden is monitored buy our security service. and laws that want register who you talk to and when.
but maybe you version of freedom is a state where the government watches your every move to protect you from your self.
Edited 2009-06-08 19:02 UTC