Pro-piracy party soars in Swedish EU poll

[jdobbin]

http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1241092932.17

A Swedish pro-piracy party may win a seat in the June 7 European elections, a poll showed Thursday, as its support soars after a Stockholm court jailed the founders of filesharing site The Pirate Bay.

The Pirate Party, founded in January 2006, would win 5.1 percent of votes, compared to 0.6 percent in the 2006 general election, the DN/Synovate poll published in Sweden's daily Dagens Nyheter showed.

The party's main platform calls for a reform of copyright law, the abolition of patents, in particular pharmaceutical patents, as well as defence of civil liberties and right to privacy.

In the age group 18 to 29, the Pirate Party is Sweden's second-biggest party and fourth-biggest in the 30 to 44 year-old category, stealing most of its support from the Left and Green parties.

Don't think that some people realize that if they get something for free, someone has to pay. If people still want to receive high quality entertainment and drugs, that someone will have to pay.

[Moonlight Graham]

It's kind of disturbing that there are people whose #1 political concern is downloading stuff for free on the internet. Same with pro-pot parties.

[BubberMiley]

You can download pot off the Internet? Have you the URL handy?

[kimmy]

You can download pot off the Internet? Have you the URL handy?

Here you go.

You need a high speed connection. You'll need to insert your ethernet connection directly into your bong. Make sure the connector is completely submerged.

-k