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Swedish pirate party to run the pirate bay from inside the Swedish parliament

90 pointsby jarrodvandaalmost 15 years ago

8 comments

mzlalmost 15 years ago
Well, this will only happen if they actually get into parliament. Announcing the plans might get them more votes, making it self-fulfilling though.<p>It is fun legal hacking in any case.
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cturneralmost 15 years ago
I've wondered about exactly this principle before. If a MP were to read out large sections of a novel in parliament, and then it were to be published through the mechanism of hansard, would that invoke copyright infringement laws? I expect it would, and that parliamentary privilege wouldn't be a defence.
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sfkalmost 15 years ago
When reading these articles, I continue to be amazed at how many euphemisms there are for "I want stuff for free".
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duaircalmost 15 years ago
I love these people.
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Semiapiesalmost 15 years ago
It's refreshingly honest for a country to just openly <i>admit</i> they treat politicians as above the law, as opposed to pretending otherwise.
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heresyalmost 15 years ago
Honestly I can't see this going very far.<p>This will boil down to a debate on whether parliamentary privilege extends to being able to use resources of the state to advance goals which are not necessarily policy of the state or likely to become so, given where politician funding comes from.<p>Does hosting a server constitute "speech", in the sense that the writers of laws protecting MPs meant it?<p>Makes for a great headline though.
Vivtekalmost 15 years ago
I can honestly say I didn't see this coming.
ww520almost 15 years ago
Sweet. Corrupt the system from within.