From the website Guardian an article about the pirate party in Sweden , signed by John Schofield. Strange but true, even in Italy there is one, if you do not believe, go look here .
"I l Pirate Party (pirate party, NDT), who wants to legalize file-sharing, has won one of 18 seats in the Swedish Parliament. AFP announced that the Pirate Party has reached 7.1%, with 5659 votes in colleges on 5664 election.
And according to the website TorrentFreak : 'Sweden has 20 seats, but only until the Treaty of Lisbon will not pass only 18 candidates (the Treaty of Lisbon provides for the reorganization of the European Parliament, NDT). This means that the Pirate Party will win two seats'.
The party, founded in 2006, has benefited from advertising related to lawsuits against the Swedish site 'Pirate Bay', which helps users to find BitTorrent files on the p2p file-sharing. Torrent Freak declares:
'After the ruling The Pirate Bay, members of the Pirate Party has more than tripled and now there are over 48,000 registered members, most of the total votes received in 2006. '
Even a German Pirate Party took part in European elections, there is no reason why such parties are not based in England and other countries.
A point in the program of the Pirate Party is to increase people's privacy on the internet and the protection of freedom of expression, As the leader of the party, Rickard Falkvinge. There is also the will to reform the laws on copyright and patent system. These ideas could attract good support in England, where the government seems to show little interest in protecting the privacy of individuals. "
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