Sweden's Pirate Party captures seat!

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Pirate Party, striking a chord with voters who want more free content on the Internet, won a seat in the European Parliament, early results showed on Sunday.

The Pirate Party captured 7.1 percent of votes in Sweden in the Europe-wide ballot, enough to give it a single seat. The party wants to deregulate copyright, abolish the patent system and reduce surveillance on the Internet.

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Arrrrgh!

There'll be an extra tankard of grog for the Swedes tonight!

What is all this European Parliament crap?  What do they do?

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Provide employment for translators.

They travel from Bruxels to Strasburg and have a lot of expenses

copyRIGHT suxxx long live copyLEFT
*information wants to be free*
^_^

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they create bounds that the member countries must create their laws within

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they create bounds that the member countries must create their laws within

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So it's europe's federal government.