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• Takuan commented on Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict
  those were the Norse (Vikings) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking_Expansion.svg Perhaps Sweden could become the first nation to have its government taken over by a popular web movement....
• PurpleFlagship commented on Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict
  @Duncan http://www.pp-international.net/ www.piratpartiet.se also has some english info under international. 2009-04-20 07:30 CET - 31044...
• Francesco Fondi commented on Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict
  A point that is usually overlooked when discussing about piracy is the fact that we live in democracies so if majority of population thinks P2P should be legal it should actually be. I've never been a supporter of piracy since I worked in the Software industry but I think that the econocalypse should help us change our minds on a lot of issues so that we can be able to transform this situation in a chance to evolve. P2P is one of the key factors of the NEW SOCIETY we all live in, from Tokyo to NY, and luddites pairing...
• PurpleFlagship commented on Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict
  Sweden "is" a representative democracy. To gain a seat in the parliament you need at least 4% of the national votes, at which point you actually gain 17 seats. For the upcoming EuroParl election we need roughly 100 000 votes to send our top name to the EU if voter turn out stays and the normal 40%. In the national elections, next one is 2010 for us, voter turn out has historically been at 80% with a slow decline. It's possible for the parliament to force a new election, but that has only been used once I think. It's also...
• rammin commented on Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict
  Vikings > Pirates. Therefore the swedes can do what they want....