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Swedish Pirates© form Political Party©

category international | politics / elections | other press author Monday January 09, 2006 13:36author by iosaf Report this post to the editors

A group of file sharers, rippers and burners, copier and pasters in Sweden have formed a new political party to stand in Swedish elections and fight intellectual property law.

I hope they will be copied. :-)©

We know the arguments, becuase we share them. No pun intended. You may not say an idea is your property. & to treat it as such, in a time of starvation and disease is evil.
https://www.piratpartiet.se/

Their founding manifesto is available here to read on their site which unfortuanately for most Irish readers in Swedish (the tongue of an tsulain) :-
https://www.piratpartiet.se/default.aspx?SplashRendered=true

Basically they want to ignore WIPO© , PT © and RIAA© . It is doubtful for the moment they will win seats, but still, they hopefully will help get the open source movement agenda across.& indeed they have now collected enough signatures to put themselves forward for election, so now only have to find 225,000 votes to get 4% of the electoral franchise and a seat.

You can help if you know a Swede.
Because unlike Irish people, Swedish citizens can postal vote. Swedish people speak english too, so you'll have no difficulties.

If you don't know what the open source movement is about, then...circumspecit.
look around you....

http://www.gnu.org/
http://www.creativecommons.org/
http://www.opencontent.org/
http://indymedia.org
http://wikipedia.org
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

Related Link: https://www.piratpartiet.se/
author by iosaf .:. ipsiphipublication date Fri Feb 10, 2006 20:31author address author phone Report this post to the editors

for flaming hatred the swedes have closed today a far-right site for republishing images which are offensive to both muslims and europeans. to wit : the 12 muhamad cartoons and the promise of the republication of the 3 Holocaust cartoons.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Laila Freivalds.
of the Kingdom of Sweden stated-

"I will defend freedom of the press no matter what the circumstances, but I strongly condemn the provocation by SD-Kuriren. It displays a complete lack of respect,"

"It is deplorable that a small group of extremists expose Swedish citizens and Swedish interests to clear danger. Considering the current inflamed atmosphere, I take a very serious view of this. This is a small group without support in our country.

"I apologise that there are a few individuals in Sweden who are so callous and who consciously insult other people's religion.

"I am ashamed that there are extremists in our country who - in the name of freedom of the press - try to exploit those rights we consider so important to offend other people and, in addition, cultivate a conflict where all our energy should now be focused on finding a solution."

Minister for Foreign Affairs Laila Freivalds.
of the Kingdom of Sweden.
http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/6296/a/57951

Tack så mycket
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gurb maith agaibh.

cat got your tongue in viking land?
cat got your tongue in viking land?

author by iosafpublication date Sun Feb 12, 2006 16:48author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Finland has shut a site for reproducing the images, whilst the Swiss have decided to apply their hate laws as well. Ireland has been thanked by its muslim community for not republishing the cartoons, and Austria (even Austria) which saw one cartoon published last week has also decided to apply its hate laws.

It is most odd that cartoons can get people so "excited". There might be another agenda...
Maybe both the Swedish and Finnish state wanted those sites closed all along, and the cartoons just proved to be an excuse. We'd have to ask Michael Mc Dowell and others. Certainly the decision to "draw a line" on this affair, and return to the discussion of "proper politics" seems like a "good idea". We know the Iranians are rabidly anti-jewish and anti-zionist and their cartoons ought not be reproduced, and indeed would breach indymedia ireland guidelines if they were published here.
But many in europe would like to reprint them, and many others in the name of "free speech" will pave the way for their appearance and the "discussion" which will then be had - "revisionism".

I'm sick to the back teeth of this whole thing. I want you to read about the EZLN "other campaign" and the forthcoming Peruvian elections instead. I want you to respect your fellow citizens and how their identities are constructed.

But I'm beginning to despair, and right now think I'll stop writing on this site.
There comes a stage when one is finally tired of casting pearls before swine.

author by Dublinfidelpublication date Sun Feb 12, 2006 18:18author address author phone Report this post to the editors

\"for flaming hatred the swedes have closed today a far-right site for republishing images which are offensive to both muslims and europeans\"

Flaming hatred?
Let readers of this site determine whether this image was sufficiently hate fuelled to warrant the intervention of the Swedish government.
More like total moral cowardice and craven appeasement.

swedishcartoon_1.jpg

 
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