From PSP World:
Sweden’s Pirate Party Wins Seat in Euro Parliament
By Kris Erickson | Posted on Jun 14, 2009
… “The Pirate Party currently has more than 50,000 official members, making it the third-largest political party in Sweden. It will be interesting to see whether the success of Falkvinge’s group spreads beyond Europe, and what significance this has for the video game industry.”
With the plethora of recent news articles surrounding Sweden’s Piratepartiet, It will be interesting to see how this affects the video game industry…and clearly the music industry and cultural producers in general. What might be more interesting is how this resonates in the United States. Seemingly on par with such organizations as the Open Content Alliance’s Internet Archive Project and the P2P Foundation’s concept of Copyleft, this Pirate Party movement could see some serious shifts in cultural production the near future.
