[BLUG] Sweden's Pirate Party has won a seat in the European Parliament (fwd)

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8089102.stm
>
> "The group - which campaigned on reformation of copyright and patent law
> - secured 7.1% of the Swedish vote.
>
> The result puts the Pirate Party in fifth place, behind the Social
> Democrats, Greens, Liberals and the Moderate Party.
>
> Rickard Falkvinge, the party leader, told the BBC the win was "gigantic"
> and that they were now negotiating with four different EU Parliamentary
> groups.
>
> "Last night, we gained political credibility," said Mr Falkvinge.
>
> "People were not taken in by the establishment and we got political
> trust from the citizens."
>
> The profile of the Pirate Party and issues surrounding copyright law
> have dominated headlines in Sweden over the past few months.
>
> In April, a court in Sweden sentenced the four men behind The Pirate
> Bay, the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, to a year in
> jail and ordered them to pay $4.5m (?ffff?ffff3m) in damages."

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