[AFP] A Swedish party that wants to legalise internet filesharing and beef up web privacy scored a big victory by winning a European parliament seat, results showed.The Pirate Party won 7.1 per cent of votes, taking one of Sweden’s 18 seats in the European parliament, with ballots in 5,659 constituencies out of 5,664 counted.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/08/2592010.htm
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2481864/
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Sweden’s Pirate Party has won a seat in the European Parliament.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.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8089102.stmSwedish Pirate Party headed to European Parliament
The final returns are still being counted, but Sweden’s Pirate Party (Piratpartiet) has secured at least one seat in today’s elections for the European Parliament. According to Sweden’s election authority, the Pirate Party has crossed the four percent threshold needed for a seat and currently has 7.1 percent of the vote.”We have just written political history,” said Swedish Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge. “Tonight, politicians have learned that doing what the lobby asks will cost them their jobs. We’re the largest party in the segment below 30 years of age. That’s building the future of liberties.”
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