At least the Swedish government is upfront when they plan to violate people’s privacy. Instead of doing it illegally and then demanding immunity when caught.

This law might have been influenced at least partly by American pressure, which has been cranking up the heat on Sweden over the existence of the Pirate Bay. Let’s face it, the freedom-loving Swedes were making the country an international haven for both pirates and terrorists, or so we’re led to believe.

And let’s put it in perspective. The USA is about to vote telcom immunity for doing the same thing china does so whats really new.
As far as i see it freedom died when the began this.

In a month or two after ive downloaded all the tv i like and music im turning off all of this , you all can pay into this stupidity.
I am done with it. My grand father fought the nazi’s , he fought the communists in north korea and this is the result of his friends giving there lives ?

Tell me why i should fear terrorism? IF they blow me up they blow me up.
I am not centering my life around the thought nor should you.
If you do the terrorists have won.
When you have to remove your privacy and civil rights , htey have won.
Osama is laughing his ass off.

By the end off the fall this year, there will be no true democracies left on earth.
How Gene Roddenberry just rolled over in his grave and Gary Gygax just saw innovation and fun leave earth for good.

1. Kelley Lynch

It’s bad enough being swindled out of $5 million (£2.5 million) by your former manager. But when your manager is also a one-time lover who robbed you of your retirement fund during the five years you spent at a Buddhist retreat, you could be forgiven for believing the Zen teaching that all life is suffering. Leonard Cohen, 71, is now virtually penniless after the apparently impossible-to-undo swindle by Kelley Lynch, and he has no choice but to get out on the road to perform concerts and — worse of all for the reclusive, principled Canadian — attend awards ceremonies and similar industry events. “It’s enough to put a dent in one’s mood,” Cohen says.

2. Lou Pearlman

The former manager and mastermind of the US teen-pop sensations the Backstreet Boys and ’NSync defrauded friends, family and elderly investors of $315 million by encouraging them to invest in the fictional Trans Con Airlines. At the height of their fame each Backstreet Boy was making only around $12,000, and they also had to put up with inappropriate conduct from “Big Poppa”. Eventually the law caught up with him and he was sentenced to 25 years in jail last month.

3. Don Arden

Sharon Osbourne’s dad certainly showed his band of young mods the Small Faces a good time while their mid-Sixties hits were flowing. He opened accounts for them in Carnaby Street boutiques, installed them in a Pimlico pad and bribed the right DJs to make the debut single Whatcha Gonna Do About It a hit. He also kept the money himself. When the band members’ parents demanded to know where the money had gone, he told them their sons were drug addicts. Arden went on to manage Black Sabbath and the Electric Light Orchestra. Former Small Faces Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott died penniless.

full article: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4173242.ece

19 Jun 08 17:38 CET

Sweden’s Pirate Party has said it will take the country to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to overturn a far-reaching eavesdropping law passed by the Riksdag on Wednesday evening.

link: http://www.thelocal.se/12554/