Interview With Leader of Sweden's Pirate Party

CrystalFalcon writes "Linux-P2P has published an interview with Rick Falkvinge, leader of the Swedish Pirate Party which is aiming to gain entry to Swedish Parliament this fall. (The party's founding was previously covered on Slashdot.) The party is totally for real, totally serious, and has seen approval ratings of 57% in some polls, with only four percent needed to gain seats. Its goals are to cut back copyrights, abolish patents, and strengthen the right to privacy."

So...

[brilinux]

How do you say, "Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" in Swedish?

In other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

global average temperatures are decreasing.

Re:So...

[CrystalFalcon]

Something like "Hum, de dum de dum, de dum de dum, de dum de yaaarrgh yaaargh yaaargh yaaargh bork bork bork".

Real pirates will sue

[gelfling]

for copywrite infringement.

Re:Yo ho ho and a bottle of Absolut

[braun]

I'm sorry, but wanting to download a Swedish movie is concidered as an act of mental illness here.

Re:worth noting

[Imsdal]

So now we know that at least one person who cares about pirating is a skilled hacker. Somehow, I'm not surprised...

Re:here?

[Distinguished Hero]

Four percent across the country may not sound like much, but if the left- and right-wing blocks get 48% each, like they typically do, then the Pirate Party will hold the balance of power. And that is a very good bargaining chip.
(In the last election, the Green Party achieved this position, counting in at 4.2% in the election, and they got basically everything they wanted.)

So 4% of the vote gets you 100% of the power... sounds like a great democratic system.

Re:here?

[krbvroc1]

Those small pieces of paper you put in the voting box cost obscene amounts

Why don't they just copy them?

Re:So...

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't forget the other benefits of having more pirates around, such as a reduction in global warming [venganza.org]

Ninja Party

[Bai jie]

I'd personally vote for the ninja party myself.

Re:I'm sure they're going to be really effective

[Anonymous Coward]

20%? Surely the proportion of US readership is higher than that? (Note to supposed 20% - this post also contains sarcasm. Or possibly irony. Hell, I don't know.)

Re:So...

[richie2000]

Yeah, well... Um. We moved it. And made it a three day affair. Starting on the 17th. Yeah, that's it. Right. Arr?

All praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster

[Anonymous Coward]

How will this change the global temperature given that the number of pirates is set to radically change?

Re:So...

[Hogwash McFly]

Yårrrrrrrr

Re:here?

[thefirelane]

Actually...

1) I did reply to your statement that the US system is not democracy. My point was that change is difficult, does not allow for 3rd parties, but has the benefit of moderating the two parties in charge, and therefore the laws that are passed.

2) I did not do ad hominem. I simply summarized your argument in an unflattering manner in order to attack it. ad hominem is when you attack the person, but perhaps your too stupid to understand that.

3) The biggest problem with everyone who's responded, is that they see moderate and think that means 'more center politically' which to them means 'more liberal'. My point is that the US system does a better job at finding the political center of the population.