First music file sharer prosecuted in Sweden
The first person to be prosecuted in Sweden for illegally sharing music files appeared in court this week in what is being seen as a test case for Swedish copyright law.
The 44 year old man is said by the music industry body Ipfi, which brought the prosectution against him, to have made 13,000 mp3 files [...]
Pirate Party falls short of Swedish election goals, blames faulty procedures
Sweden’s Pirate Party was optimistic about its chances leading up to yesterday’s general election, but the results are in and it doesn’t look good for the upstart political movement. Under current election procedures, you need at least 4 percent of the national votes or 12 percent in any one electoral district to qualify for a [...]
“Pirate parties” raid Europe, US
Uncork the bottle of rum, because the pirates are coming. Following in the footsteps of Sweden’s successful Piratpartiet, a group of German activists have founded a Piratenpartei of their own. The party wants to carve out space for itself in the traditional political establishment, and held a meeting yesterday in which it did all the [...]
Interview: Leader (of the) Austrian Pirate Party
Two weeks ago the Austrian Pirate Party was founded. The party has ambitious plans, and is trying to participate in the upcoming elections in October. Time to have a chat with Florian Hufsky, the captain of the “Austrian Pirates”.
Torrentfreak: When did you come up with the idea to start an Austrian Pirate party?
Florian: When I [...]
Swedish Pirate Party now offers totally anonymous file-sharing and downloads
Today, the Swedish Pirate Party launched a new Internet service that lets anybody send and receive files and information over the Internet without fear of being monitored or logged. In technical terms, such a network is called a “darknet”. The service allows people to use an untraceable address in the darknet, where they cannot be [...]
Austrian Pirates Separate from Communists
Austria now has its very own pirate party. Initially the communist party KPÖ presented itself as the national Pirate Party, but it appeared that not all pirates wanted to be associated with the communist ideals.
The Austrian Pirate Party has three main points:
1. Copyright reform: People should be free to make private copies, prohibition of DRM, [...]
French Pirate Party launch
France has become the newest member of the world’s fastest-growing political party.
Le Parti Pirate has joined the copyright reform Piratpartiet whose Swedish founders and members say they’re, “tired of being deemed a criminals and terrorists by the system for sharing a few measly files for no financial gain or loss to anyone,” as The Inquirer [...]
“Avast ye scurvy file sharers!”: Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
MP3s for the people? The Pirate Party (official site), a new Swedish political party first publicized in January, wants to legalize sharing music, movies, and other copyrighted content using the Internet. What may seem like a doomed effort by a small group of idealists is attracting significant media attention, in part due to a recent [...]
Pirate Party Here I come
The Pirate Bay affair has apparently cast a new and rare light on the notion of participation in this country’s politics. Being that the brave and ingenious minds behind PirateBay.org had made the unusual step of actually forming their own political party says a great deal about their character. It would also seem [...]
