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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Pirate Party, striking a chord with voters who want more free content on the Internet, won a seat in the European Parliament, early results showed Sunday.

The Pirate Party captured 7.1 percent of votes in Sweden in the Europe-wide ballot, enough to give it a single seat. The party wants to deregulate copyright, abolish the patent system and reduce surveillance on the Internet.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...=22&sp=true

Dances for nickels.

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Well normally, I'm all for Swedish Pirates, being the token Swedish Pirate around here. But these guys are one of the kinds of modern pirates that I can't abide, in this case, intellectual property thieves. Too many of my friends and family make their livings by their own creativity for me to have any sympathy for these pirates.

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