The Swedes took to the demonstration in support of Pirate Bay
Translation of Ernesto's post from TorrentFreak.com.
More than a thousand people gathered yesterday in the square in the Swedish capital Stockholm to protest the sentence to the founders of The Pirate Bay . The demonstration was organized by the Swedish Pirate Party, which in June plans to run for the European Parliament.
The day before yesterday, the four founders of TPB were sentenced to a year in prison, and compensation for damage to the entertainment industry in the amount of $ 905,000 each. The defendants, in turn, said that an appeal would be filed, which means that the case could drag on for many years.
Many Swedes are outraged by the harsh sentence imposed by the court, and yesterday the Swedish Pirate Party organized a demonstration in support of the defendants. The demonstration was held in Stockholm, similar protests were held in other cities in Sweden.
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“Politicians declared war on our whole generation,” said Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge, adding, “Our politicians are illiterate in the digital realm. We need political figures that foreign powers cannot peck like hens. ”
“Pirate Bay is an absolutely legal service providing an opportunity for free exchange of information between people. After this decision, no one can feel safe by placing a link to a YouTube video on their website, ”said Daniel Nystrom from the Pirate Party in his speech, while the crowd chanted“ Freedom TPB, freedom TPB! ”.
The sentence brought many new members to the Pirate Party , and they hope to get a seat in the European Parliament later this year. A day before, more than 6,000 people applied to join the party, thereby increasing the membership of the organization from 15,000 to more than 20,000, making the Pirate Party one of the largest political parties in Sweden.
Today, the Pirate Party plans to hold a similar demonstration in the center of Gothenburg, hoping for the same success.
This post translated habrachelovek init0 , now fattened. I posted this translation here at his request (as a distinguished translator with TorrentFreak :)
More than a thousand people gathered yesterday in the square in the Swedish capital Stockholm to protest the sentence to the founders of The Pirate Bay . The demonstration was organized by the Swedish Pirate Party, which in June plans to run for the European Parliament.The day before yesterday, the four founders of TPB were sentenced to a year in prison, and compensation for damage to the entertainment industry in the amount of $ 905,000 each. The defendants, in turn, said that an appeal would be filed, which means that the case could drag on for many years.
Many Swedes are outraged by the harsh sentence imposed by the court, and yesterday the Swedish Pirate Party organized a demonstration in support of the defendants. The demonstration was held in Stockholm, similar protests were held in other cities in Sweden.
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“Politicians declared war on our whole generation,” said Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge, adding, “Our politicians are illiterate in the digital realm. We need political figures that foreign powers cannot peck like hens. ”
“Pirate Bay is an absolutely legal service providing an opportunity for free exchange of information between people. After this decision, no one can feel safe by placing a link to a YouTube video on their website, ”said Daniel Nystrom from the Pirate Party in his speech, while the crowd chanted“ Freedom TPB, freedom TPB! ”.
The sentence brought many new members to the Pirate Party , and they hope to get a seat in the European Parliament later this year. A day before, more than 6,000 people applied to join the party, thereby increasing the membership of the organization from 15,000 to more than 20,000, making the Pirate Party one of the largest political parties in Sweden.
Today, the Pirate Party plans to hold a similar demonstration in the center of Gothenburg, hoping for the same success.
This post translated habrachelovek init0 , now fattened. I posted this translation here at his request (as a distinguished translator with TorrentFreak :)
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/57664/
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