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skki

23rd April 2009, 20:41

"He also sits on the board of the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (SFIR), an organisation that lobbies for tougher copyright laws, reports Sveriges Radio's P3 news programme today."

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/retrial-threatened-as-judge-denies-conflict-of-interest-in-pirate-bay-trial-1673261.html

oh lol

BIG BROTHER

24th April 2009, 03:09

oh my Marx! lol That can't be a fair judge!

Communist Theory

24th April 2009, 03:12

Well lets hope the jurors are all anarchists.

24th April 2009, 05:14

How judicial. :rolleyes:

aty

24th April 2009, 14:04

Well lets hope the jurors are all anarchists.
We dont have jurors in Sweden.

Communist Theory

26th April 2009, 04:43

We dont have jurors in Sweden.
I don't understand.
How do you decide if the person is guilty?

Cult of Reason

26th April 2009, 04:48

Does that mean that this judge, and the rest of the team of judges, were the ones who gave the verdict?

Comrade Anarchist

26th April 2009, 04:51

Justice is not blind when capitalists are hurt

neilhere

26th April 2009, 15:24

Will their now be a retrial?

26th April 2009, 15:28

I don't understand.
How do you decide if the person is guilty?

Judicial system in Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_law).

STJ

26th April 2009, 16:51

That is justice for you.

Pirate Utopian

26th April 2009, 17:02

Oh on earth do they even allow that shit?
Seriously dont they require a neutral judge?

STJ

26th April 2009, 22:13

I guess not.

aty

29th April 2009, 23:47

The Pirate Party has got 5,1 % in the latest opinion poll, if everything works out they will sit in the EU-parliament after the elections 7 june.

NecroCommie

30th April 2009, 08:44

True, but I am afraid it changes nothing. EU parliament is too byrocratic to allow any changes to as capitalist law as the copyright law. This, and the fact that the parliament holds little power inside the EU, since EU itself is a poster boy of byrocracy.