Sweden's Pirate Party wins EU seat - 08/06/2009

Sweden's Pirate Party, who want file transferring on the internet to be legal, has won 1 of Sweden’s 18 EU seats.

The Pirate Party is not linked to the Pirate Bay website but it has benefited from the press coverage of the recent lawsuit against Pirate Bay, according to TorrentFreak membership of the party tripled after the verdict.

The Party formed in 2006 and campaigns for an increase in privacy on the internet and general reform of the copyright laws.