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…except FRA’s supercomputer clusters and other crap:

No fscking comment.

“To be able to live of your creations – an informational folder on copyright” – to be distributed in Sweden’s schools.

Feels strange that my tax money is going to sommy lobbying organizations project, but it’s not all bad. It actually contains correct facts, and correctly identifies some laws that you break every day without trying.

However, some of the usual lies and misconceptions about filesharing and it’s effect on the artists are still there. Swedish politicians and government employees should once again do their homework.

Oh, did I mention the folder is now available on The Pirate Bay ? ;)

PS. For those concerned, I’m not against copyright. I’m just against the current form of it (which just doesn’t provide anything positive at all). .DS

UPDATE: Information of this kind (lobbying/propaganda) is actually illegal to distribute in Swedish schools. All information delivered by the schools themselves need to be balanced, informational and unbiased. So once again the Government breaks the laws it has created. Apparently a member of parliament has asked, in writing, our “Minister of Education” Jan Björklund to explain why they’re doing this and how they will make it right. In other words, they might have to finance a pro-piracy folder in the coming months… Cheerios! ;)

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Swedish Parliament

… and now it’s the government party’s own politicians and youth organizations that’s joining the opposition.

Why o’ why don’t they just let go? External pressure perhaps?

Hrmpf…

The Swedish parliament open on the 16th of September and large-scale protests is being planned by several independent organizations and political parties.

It’ll be interesting to see how this ends as the opposition is very strong. That is, if the Prime- or Defense-minister does not interfere directly (which is STRICTLY forbidden according to Swedish-law) I can’t see any other option than that the law is dropped.

The Government no longer has a majority position in this issue inside the parliament and as such it should be voted down by the opposition and the delegates that has switched opinions about the law.

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