February 12, 2012
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A Swedish party which wants an Internet filesharing free-for-all, the Pirate Party, could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week.
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A man has been arrested in Gävle in northern Sweden on suspicion of having stolen a 20-year-old's wallet while doling out an impromptu hug in an apparent copycat attack of a gang operating in Stockholm. READ »
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"Remember how your kids used to dance around the room to The Gummy Bears and Astid Lindgren? And now, since they started gymnasium, they listen to guitar or electronic music, or reggae, or hip hop, or Sean Banan?? That's not proper music! They are clearly junkies!" READ »
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Do not get me wrong. I am not suggesting it is acceptable for people to steal. If you are poor and starving, don't take that apple. However, if you are on the internet, take what you want. Your mother is not looking.
And copyright infringement is not theft. It's never been theft and it never will be theft.
If we keep stealing from artists they will all give up the arts and go on to become insurance sells people. Do you really want to lesson to the Top 40 insurance sells pitches on your MP3 player?
Back in the 90s when everyone was making mixtapes and recording TV shows and movies, they were also violating copyright. I'm sure if you were around in the 90s you must have made a mixtape or recorded something off of TV or radio at some point. Perhaps you've photocopied a magazine article, or cut and pasted some random text from the internet. That's infringing on copyright too.
The fact is that people have been copying media for a very long time. File-sharing is simply the latest method and is no different from making mixtapes. Although, if you don't think so you're certainly welcome to explain how and why you think it is different.