IPRED1 based law gets the “Go ahead”

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Apparently the swedish interpretion of IPRED1 has got the “Go ahead” from LagrÃ¥det (those that check that everything is compatible with other legislation etc.).

Next step is that the Government gives the law to the parliament for voting. And if they vote yes, well, then we have the harshest IPRED1 implementation cemented in law here in Sweden.

So? One might ask. Well, the biggest problem is that we are giving private, commercially motivated organizations more power than our regular police. Second, we’ll be stepping into a world of hurt as all previous implementations have made those countries hellish.

In Denmark, for example, the citizens has been harassed and there has been one suicide because of the extortion attempts by these organizations. Seems harsh but I got the facts to back it up (sorry, just Swedish and Danish, try the translator.).

Anyways, I hope that our politicians see the absurd legislative situation as it is and do not grant anyone except our police the rights needed to fight real, commercially motived, piracy.

But as usual, we’ll see what happens…