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All in Favor, Say “Arrrr”

Eugene, our long-suffering IT guy, passed this one on to me. Sweden’s Pirate Party, which wants to reform copyright and strengthen privacy laws (among other things), has won a seat in the European Parliament. (The party won 7.1% of the vote in Sweden, which is significant, considering the PP is only about 3 years old.)

TorrentFreak quotes Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge:

“We’ve felt the wind blow in our sails. We’ve seen the polls prior to the election. But to stand here, today, and see the figures coming up on that screen … What do you want me to say? I’ll say anything. Together, we have today changed the landscape of European politics. No matter how this night ends, we have changed it. 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 that the authorities’ mass-surveillance.”

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).