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- joshmaddox, on 11/21/2007, -2/+81the Swedish government has made it pretty clear they are not going to change the policy... so i really dont see anything changing soon...
- delmar14, on 11/21/2007, -0/+64I love watching giant corporations get ***** on by the "internets"
- duckyinc, on 11/21/2007, -7/+60I won't be laughing when the Swedish government change their laws :(
- 0260, on 11/21/2007, -3/+48sweden: land of the free, home of the brave
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+31well unlike some retarded countries Sweden has some intelligent people in power. Also they got the pirate party which might not be much for now but if this kind of thig comes under attack then people will start defending their rights with their votes. the last time i checked around 10% of Swedes voting population supports the pirates party and 10% makes a big voting block that any party will scared of pissing off.
- clperez390, on 11/21/2007, -1/+30I wish i lived somewhere where my vote mattered.
- Eeqmcsq, on 11/21/2007, -2/+31Oh wow, http://thepiratebay.org/ is now officially certified as a global icon.
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+22tell me one lawyer that actually gives a ***** about anything except for money? They wouldn't have been lawyers if they gave a *****.
- kravex, on 11/21/2007, -1/+19Can't believe no ones said it yet, ***** THE RIAA!!!
That's better. - Emachine, on 11/21/2007, -3/+20North American governments can learn something from Sweden.
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -6/+23That only makes me want to bury it. The story, not just the comment.
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+16Bring the ship about and man the cannons!
- Erunas, on 11/21/2007, -2/+17It warms my heart as a Swede to see all you're Swede loving, and for you're information the party who issued the raids are currently not in power and many of the big Swedish parties have clearly stated that they did not support the raid on Pirate Bay.
- nikkunikku, on 11/21/2007, -0/+14If only Digg controlled public policy. I'd love to see Lobbyists forced to swim in a social network! I hope Sweden has the sense to not change, the average Swede would raise hell on their government at least, thats for sure. If you haven't seen part one of the pirate bay documentary Steal This Film, do so: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3514711/StealThisFilm. ...
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+13no it won't. The Swedish lawmakers are not a stupid or as bribed up as the American ones.
- dsmx, on 11/21/2007, -0/+11You mean about healthcare, public transport, welfare state, political freedoms, democracy, car manufacturing, etc...
- badassninja, on 11/21/2007, -1/+11The RIAA can ether help a all you can download service for a reasonable monthly price or they will force bands to go open and free, recording their own music or paying someone else to record it for them, while making money thru shows and merch. They will pick the latter. The MPAA can ether suffer large amounts of piracy or they can push for a all you can view online movie rental/streaming service, also for a reasonable price. When a way to copy the data at zero costs comes around (the internet) and the media companies don't take advantage to this and pass the huge savings on to the end user, people tend to take matters into their own hands.
- andycr512, on 11/21/2007, -1/+11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Moglen
Sadly, however, they're a rare breed... - shavenlunatic, on 11/21/2007, -1/+11no.. but in the UK at least.. no matter which party wins.. the same ***** happens. I have learned that the only difference voting makes is to which hair colour the lying ***** running the country has.. fact
- miles01110, on 11/21/2007, -0/+8Didn't they already try to take down the pirate bay?
- FluffyWolf, on 11/21/2007, -0/+8Yes they did, the US strong armed them and threatened with sanctions unless something was done, which made the Swedish government break some laws ending up in a major scandal as the Swedish government aren't allowed to micro manage things, they can only propose general rules and laws and provide funding which are then to be applied by civil servants in the authorities. And the Pirate Bay was out of service for a few days before they had set up new servers.
- Jugalator, on 11/21/2007, -1/+8It should never be illegal to host non-copyright infringing material on one's servers like The Pirate Bay does.
Again, if anything should be in their cross hairs, it's those doing the copyright infringement, not The Pirate Bay. - Murdats, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6why? no illegal data passes through the pirate bays site.
and if you make it illegal to provide a reference to illegal data, well then that means that google and every other search engine would hvae to shut down, or each result researched to check if google would reference anything that might infringe copyright.
unless you want to make a file format or a protocol illegal, but that is also rediculous. - nastajus, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6Can you provide a reminder link to assuage my fears? Constant reminders of "them" trying to whittle away our Pirate Bay shake my confidence.
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5and so is my grammar: are worse...oops
- kamisama, on 11/21/2007, -1/+6So when are they gonna try to shut down lobbying. It's just downright disgusting that you can lobby and push an idea if you have money enough.
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5take that canada.....oh wait our laws our worse
- JonatanP, on 11/21/2007, -1/+6Well put! One digg for you my friend!
- sjug, on 11/21/2007, -1/+6I used to think that Sweden was a place I would like to move to (from Canada) where they still care about the freedoms and liberties of the people. The pirate bay as far as I am concerned is the last (symbolic) holdout of the freedom in Sweden. The same is happening in the Netherlands, with the recent ban of mushrooms, unfortunately the trend started by the UK to videotape everyone, all the time is taking a stronger foothold in what used to be the real free countries in the world as well. Please prove me wrong, as I would love to believe what you are saying about the intelligent people in power in Sweden again.
- lowesch, on 11/21/2007, -1/+6I second Erunas statement (although I'm German, but living in Sweden).
Glad to see all of you praising Sweden, it brings pride to our sharing hearts :) - guinnessstout, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4How the hell do you mash that series of keys?
- maxinux, on 11/21/2007, -1/+5Pirate bay for Sweden is just like Eiffel tower for Paris, would France destroy the Eiffel? I guess not
- Red_Eye, on 11/21/2007, -1/+4Revolutions start with a change in though process. Maybe its time for the world to realize there is a change coming.
- Tenoq, on 11/21/2007, -1/+4For the LAST TIME, copyright infringement is NOT THEFT.
- Suricou, on 11/22/2007, -0/+2As soon as USB storage hits four terabyte or so, there will be little need for file sharing - sneakernet will make a comeback at every school.
- cliffski, on 11/23/2007, -0/+2if digg controlled public policy everyone would be unemployed, sat at home waiting for everyone else to go get a job and make stuff so we can all leech it. Digg has the mentality of 4 year olds.
- ren1999, on 11/21/2007, -1/+3I think the RIAA and MPAA is strangled by old men who don't understand what the "Internets" is! I think that the music and film industry better disband these associations before they start reaping strong negative legitimate consumer reactions. Oops. Too late. Reap it music and movie industry! Reap it!
- TotalHalibut, on 11/21/2007, -2/+4Me.
I also like pie.. that counts as something.. right? Right? :( - cliffski, on 11/23/2007, -0/+2or a lawyer who cares about the tens of thousands of people working hard in the entertainment industry, rather than a bunch of unemployed layabouts and students who think the world owes them a ***** living. in other words, a lawyer with his priorities right.
- kodax, on 11/21/2007, -1/+3Wait till the technology gets a little bit better. File sharing will be untraceable.
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2my ancestors are from sweden :)
- cowboy86, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2That is until the lobbyists get them to change Swedish law.
- cliffski, on 11/23/2007, -0/+1well said
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2They never stop, do they?
- Tenoq, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Just to name a few.
- cliffski, on 11/23/2007, -0/+1agreed. its that, or major ISPs will give in to understandable pressure to just block traffic to and from Sweden. Would we really give a ***** if we couldn't surf swedish websites? I wouldn't.
- lucutus, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Even if Sweden tried they can't. The Pirate bay is redundant, and world wide. The last time they were taken down it was a matter of hours before it was back up.
- gurm, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2The last? More like one of the first. If The Pirate Bay goes down another will take its place as long as current copyright laws and corporate distribution tactics of said copyrights exist.
Killing the TPB is like taking a swatter to a swamp. - Tippis, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1They already have. Three years ago, they made it illegal to *provide* copyrighted material, not just to download it -- TPB does neither, and the law was tech-savvy enough to explicitly exclude linking, since that would make the entire net illegal.
- RonBurgundy76, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Yar! Time for you to walk the plank, mate!
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