We're proud
The demonstrations against the Swedish Lex Orwell law today was a success!
In Stockholm and Malmö almost 2000 people altogether partied, demonstrated and showed their feelings about the remarkably stasi-alike new law.
We're proud of being a part of this. Brokep talked at the rally in Malmö and we're very happy to be able to promote important things as these. Thank you all for helping spreading the message about the demonstration and for the future help we know we'll get when we need to get important messages out like this. Thanks, from the bottom of our hearts.
Good luck up there, may the sun stroke you true the dark clouds soon again!
Caring Denmark
Since I am involved in The Pirate Bay, I have seen from the front-row how Sweden has given in to pressure from foreign powers. With that in mind - and with the knowledge of the agreement, which was written in April 2007 between Sweden and the United States on exchange of information relating to terrorism - we can not overlook the fact that the system will be used for other things than what is presented as they are today. It is not impossible that the U.S. will have direct access to FRA's övervakningsmaskineri. And even other European countries have shown interest in such cooperation! FRA-law in itself is already a disaster for privacy, especially given that it - technically - is not even particularly effective. It is therefore important that we do not see short-term in FRA-law. Ändamålsglidning is something that historically almost always been done with records in Sweden. We need to put our foot down, no matter what good intentions the politicians claim to have right now! The next government might want to expand their powers. Today, we can protect ourselves relatively easily with encryption and the like. Something that terrorists of course realized several years ago. But, for example, in England, it is now illegal for individuals not to issue their encryption key when the police ask for it. With only suspicion of a crime, you can then get up to five years in prison if you do not give it out. Even if they have actually forgotten their password! Is this perhaps the next legislative proposals in Sweden? FRA-law is unnecessary, ineffective, unwanted and last but not least, expensive. The government should listen to the people, as they can not replace us. However, we have the power to change the government.
With such information to groups not reached by the information the law is bound to be cancelled.
We ought to concentrate on how to reach out with the information!
THEY CANT STOP THIS TRAIN FROL ROLLING =)
övervakningsmaskineri ~ literally "surveillance machinery".
ändamålsglidning ~ literally "purpose slip", i.e. you use your legal power for something it was not intended to be used for.
Bra kämpat!
FORTSÄTT SÅHÄR SÅ SALL NI FÅ SE ATT FRA KOMMER FALLA!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=17723300350
I wonder, when brokep and anakata run for Swedish PM under the Pirate Party, if they will turn TPB into a campaign website. Hmm...
nah then it would require for them to go ashore. believe me i live in sweden.
I'm a dedicated peer from Brazil, i'm the one who translated "steal this film 2" for portuguese. I admire a lot the work you guys do in favour of the free flow of the information and knowledge.
I'm here to ask a little help about a subjet that concern us, brazilian peers, but conmcerns also everyone involved in this struggle against control of information.
Right now, a law project about internet crimes named "projeto azeredo" is being voted in Brazilian congress. The law wants to block access to p2p share, control the avance of the wi-fi and obrigate the servers who give internet access to maintain an archive of the history of the users, and deliver it to the "competent autority". This project remember the darker ages of brazilian dictatorship.
So I'm asking you help to publicize this sickening law, use the high reachness of piratebay to help us in this fight that is yours also, call the attention of the public opinion to that. Two brazilian university teachers created a online petition against the law, If you could publicize the petition, it would be an enormous help:
http://www.petitiononline.com/veto2008/petition.htl
Sorry for this long message, and for my bad english, I hope you guys understand the gravity of the situation.
kindly,
Felipe
checka denna.. ett lagförslag om att stänga av fildelare från internet
https://thepiratebay.org/tor/4274512/R__video_fr__n_FRA-demonstrationen_i_Malm__