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06 May 09

Swedish Pirate Party may get seat in EU Parliament | Technology | Internet | Reuters

  • Torbjorn Larsson, associate professor of political science at Stockholm University, said there was a risk some of the Pirate Party supporters won't show up.
16 Apr 09

ISP sabotages file sharing law - The Local

  • The new file sharing law is based on the European Union's Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) and allows courts to order internet operators to hand over details that identify suspected illegal file sharers.



    As such, the law enables Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to retain the IP addresses of file sharers. But ISPs also remain at liberty to destroy information about their users if they so wish.
02 Apr 09

BBC NEWS | Technology | Piracy law cuts internet traffic

  • According to figures released by the government statistics agency - Statistics Sweden - 8% of the entire population use peer-to-peer sharing.
  • Speaking to the BBC, Christian Engstrom, vice-chairman of the Swedish Pirate Party - said the drop in traffic was a direct result of the new law, but that it would only be a temporary fall.
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05 Mar 09

Pirate Bay Day 11: trial ends, verdict awaited | Technology | guardian.co.uk

  • The prosecution didn't enhance its reputation during the case, but as Wired pointed out in an editorial, perhaps the defendants didn't, either. Their previous "swagger evaporated like salt water on a beached schooner once The Pirate Bay landed on the witness stand." Wired said:

    In the courtroom, the defendants quickly abandoned their revolutionary, free-culture ideals in favor of the simpler philosophy embraced by criminal defendants since time immemorial: I'm Not Responsible.

  • "A guilty verdict would 'be a huge mistake for the future of the Internet,' he said. 'It's quite obvious which side is the good side'."
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