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Submission + - IFP under scrunity by Swiss Government (admin.ch)

Submitted by hyanakin
hyanakin writes: The Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) has opened investigation against the IFPI. According to the press release of the WEKO there are strong indication that the IFPI hinder parallel imports of (cheaper foreign) CDs. Furthermore the IFPI is suspected to manipulate Swiss Music Charts.
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Submission + - Pirate Party 3rd Largest Political Party in Sweden (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by hyanakin
hyanakin writes: Support for the Swedish Pirate Party surged following the Pirate Bay verdict and today it became the third largest political party in the country. When they are elected for the European Parliament next month, the party hopes to end the abuse of copyright by multi-billion dollar corporations.

The explosive growth rate displayed after the Pirate Bay verdict has skyrocketed the Pirate Party's member count and today they've surpassed that of the Center Party. Of all the established parties only the Christian Party and the Moderate Party have more members.

Read the whole story here
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Submission + - Italian Pirate Bay Trial in the Making

Submitted by hyanakin
hyanakin writes: Following the Swedish verdict, Italy is now considering starting its own trial against the people involved with The Pirate Bay. This would be the first criminal prosecution against the Pirate Bay 'founders' outside their home country. Read the full article on TorrentFreak

Comment Re:Duh? (Score 2, Interesting) 354

by hyanakin (#27792725) Attached to: Pirate Party Banned From Social Networking Site
I just wonder what this "intellectual property of your work" is that StudiVZ generates? I rather thing it's a site where lots of personal information is shared in a nice package and so targetted advertising is made simple. However I lack to see what IP those sites generate (that could be turned into profits).

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