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The following articles have been tagged with "Falkvinge":

Two Swedes among world's 'most influential'

Society: 18 Apr 12
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, who has "democratized music" according to a citation by actor Aston Kutcher, is one of two Swedes who made Time magazine's ranking of the world's most influential people this year. READ »

Falkvinge named in 2011 'Global Thinkers' list

Society: 29 Nov 11
Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge has been named among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" alongside a number of Arab revolutionaries and the likes of Barack Obama, Ai WeiWei, and Mark Zuckerberg. READ »

Swedish Pirates salute German success

Politics: 19 Sep 11
Sweden's Pirate Party has lauded the electoral success of its German sister party in the Berlin state parliament, calling it as a "major step forward" and a boost for the movement across the world. READ »

Pirate Party losing wind as membership drops

Politics: 28 Feb 11
Sweden's Pirate Party membership has taken a sharp downward turn, but new party leader Anna Troberg is not concerned. READ »

Leader of Sweden's Pirate Party resigns

Politics: 2 Jan 11
Rick Falkvinge, the leader of Sweden's Pirate Party, has resigned his post, feeling that he has stagnated after five years in the role. READ »

Pirate Bay appeal 'a waste of time': Sunde

Science & Technology: 28 Sep 10
While devoid of any high-charged drama, the opening day of the Pirate Bay appeals court trial nevertheless included a few unexpected developments. READ »

Pirate Party amends manifesto on child porn

Politics: 13 Aug 10
The Swedish Pirate Party has changed its election manifesto after criticism over its position on child pornography and to underline that it is against "the production, spread and possession of 'documented sexual abuse' of children". READ »

Swedish newspaper reported for child porn

National: 11 Aug 10
Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and state broadcaster Sveriges Television have been reported to the police for allegedly publishing child porn in the form of manga cartoons, prohibited under Swedish law. READ »

Pirate Party: Cartoons are not child porn

Politics: 5 Aug 10
Sweden's Pirate Party said on Thursday that child pornography should be permitted in cartoons. The law should focus on 'real criminals' abusing children, the party argues. READ »

Pirate Party safe haven as Pirate Bay sails again

Science & Technology: 18 May 10
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay is up and running again hours after an indictment in a Hamburg court persuaded its German ISP to pull the plug, having found a new home with its anti-copyright brethren, The Pirate Party. READ »

Pirate Party to stand in local elections

Politics: 13 Aug 09
Sweden's Pirate Party has announced that, in addition to standing in next year's general election, it will also be represented in local council elections. READ »

Pirate Party sets sights on Swedish local elections

Politics: 23 Jul 09
The Pirate Party will be getting its feet wet in local politics in several municipalities in eastern Sweden next year. READ »

Pirate Party to sit with Greens in European Parliament

Politics: 25 Jun 09
Sweden’s Pirate Party has ended speculation about its political priorities by announcing that its newly elected member of the European Parliament plans to join the legislative body’s Greens/European Free Alliance parliamentary group. READ »

Far-right climbs over pirates in May poll

Politics: 17 Jun 09
Despite its recent success in the European Parliament elections, the Pirate Party would garner fewer votes than the far-right Sweden Democrats if a general election were held today, a new poll shows. READ »

Sweden's political pirates signal internet's election power

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jun 09
If tech-savvy campaigning helped power Barack Obama to the White House, the election of Sweden's Pirate Party in Europe signals that internet and related privacy issues are political drivers for young voters, writes AFP's Marc Preel READ »

'A political sensation': Pirate Party leader

Politics: 8 Jun 09
With more than seven percent of the vote Sweden's Pirate Party became the latest party to rock the political establishment in an EU Parliament election. READ »

Swedish Pirate Party headed for Brussels

Politics: 7 Jun 09
Sweden's pro-file sharing Pirate Party is on its way to Brussels having secured more than 7 percent of the country's votes in the European Parliament elections, according to early exit polls. READ »

Swedish pirates have wind in their sails for EU vote

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week. READ »

Pirates maintain course for EU parliament

Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda. READ »

Pirate Party Sweden's third-largest: poll

Politics: 22 May 09
Sweden’s Pirate Party has climbed into third place among parties running for the European Parliament elections, according to a new opinion poll released Thursday. READ »

Pirate Bay lawyer calls for retrial

Society: 23 Apr 09
A lawyer representing one of the men convicted in the Pirate Bay trial has called for a retrial after reports that the judge was a member of the same copyright protection organisations as several of the main entertainment industry representatives. READ »

Swedes demonstrate in support of Pirate Bay

National: 19 Apr 09
The convictions and prison sentences handed down to the defendants in The Pirate Bay case have prompted Sweden's youth to action. The Pirate Party reports booming support as demonstrators turn out in force on Saturday. READ »

Showbiz lawyers gear up for Pirate Bay trial

Science & Technology: 13 Feb 09
Swedish and international entertainment industry representatives are redoubling their efforts to challenge the legitimacy of file sharing website The Pirate Bay as the trial of four people connected to the site nears commencement. READ »

The Pirate Bay: 'Political trial of the decade'

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Feb 09
Next week sees the start of the long-awaited Pirate Bay trial. With the eyes of the world on Sweden, Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge argues that there is much more at stake than the future of the site's operators. READ »

Anti-surveillance demonstrators hold Stockholm rally

Society: 3 Jul 08
A large crowd gathered in central Stockholm on Thursday afternoon to demonstrate against Sweden's controversial new surveillance law. READ »

Sweden's new wiretapping law 'much worse than the Stasi'

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jun 08
With just a week to go before the Swedish parliament is expected to pass a controversial wiretapping law, Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge urges people to do all they can to block the legislation. READ »

'A declaration of war on Sweden's youth'

Science & Technology: 14 Mar 08
Plans for a new Swedish government proposal to counteract illegal file sharing met with mixed reactions on Friday. READ »

Pirate Bay faces block over child porn

National: 7 Jul 07
File sharing site The Pirate Bay could be blocked after Swedish police alleged that it harbours child pornography. The owners deny the charge, describing the police's strategy as "an abuse". READ »

Police cleared of wrongdoing in Pirate Bay raid

National: 2 Apr 07
Swedish police and prosecutors acted within their rights when they raided the Pirate Bay in May last year, according to an investigation by the Justice Ombudsman. READ »

Sweden's privacy protection 'second worst in EU'

National: 6 Nov 06
Swedes' private integrity is poorly protected by the government, with only Britons being worse off, according to a Europe-wide survey released on Monday. READ »

"Pirate Party" targets Swedish election

Politics: 3 Jan 06
A new political party focused on making copyrighted material free for all is planning to run in Sweden's next general election. "We are not red, blue or green. We are just pirates," says leader Rickard Falkvinge. READ »


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