The Pirate Party “Piratpartiet”, has won one of Sweden’s eighteen European Parliament seats in the European Parliament. The party’s platform includes legalising Internet file-sharing, and overhauling copyright and patent laws. Other issues in their manifesto include free access to the Internet.

The party’s membership figures tripled within a week of the recent controversial Pirate Bay ruling by a Swedish court Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dr Michael Factor 