Pirate Party wins European Parliament seat

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Pirate Party wins European Parliament seat

Jun 8th, 2009 - TG Daily

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Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden's Pirate Party, created to lobby for free internet content, has won a seat in the European elections.

The party won 7.1 percent of the vote in Sweden, giving it a seat in the 785-seat European Parliament.

The Pirate Party was founded in 2006, and wants to cut the period of copyright protection, allow non-commercial file sharing, abolish the patent system and reduce surveillance on the internet. The founders were prompted by a set of controversial laws adopted in Sweden that criminalised filesharing and authorised the monitoring of emails.

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