瑞典盜版黨 搶進歐洲議會
盜版黨 ( Pirate Party ) 創立於 2006年1月，由於瑞典 許多民眾不滿政府 禁止 網路檔案共享 p2p，盜版黨 迅速擴張版圖；2008年4月17日，瑞典法庭 判處 檔案共享 ( BT ) 網站「 海盜灣 」（The Pirate Bay ) 四名經營者 一年徒刑，盜版黨 黨員更見激增，一週內 黨員人數暴增 兩倍；以人數計算，躍居瑞典 第3 大政黨。
瑞典 盜版黨主席 Rickard Falkvinge 表示：「 盜版黨 最終目的 是發起全球 知識產權革命，已經 有很多國家成立了 盜版黨，如果 再取得國會議席，我們 一定會使全世界 刮目相看。」
盜版黨 的主張主要有三 ：
i . 改革版權法 ( Reform of copyright law );
ii . 廢除專利 ( An abolished patent system );
iii . 尊重私隱 (Respect for the right to privacy )。
The official aim of the copyright system has always been to find a balance in order to promote culture being created and spread. Today that balance has been completely lost, to a point where the copyright laws severely restrict the very thing they are supposed to promote. The Pirate Party wants to restore the balance in the copyright legislation.
Pharmaceutical patents kill people in third world countries every day. They hamper possibly life saving research by forcing scientists to lock up their findings pending patent application, instead of sharing them with the rest of the scientific community.
The latest example of this is the bird flu virus, where not even the threat of a global pandemic can make research institutions forgo their chance to make a killing on patents.
http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/9/6/1/n2543703.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party
