[stse]

This is of course a political move. The Swedish general election is in four months and the Pirate Party's greatest threat is not getting enough attention. As the other political parties in Sweden doesn't really understand technology and won't actively engage in these issues. In the EP election last year, two unpopular laws had gone into effect the same year and also the Pirate Bay trial had just been held months before the election.

This time around technology related legislature seem to have been postponed and the continuation of the Pirate Bay trial has conveniently been placed just weeks after the election. If the Pirate Party's ISP now decides or get forced to cut off the Pirate Bay from the Internet, they will also censor the Pirate Party, which (of course) is a political party. Sparking a lot of outrage and controversy, which previously has shown very effective for the party.

[jacquesm]

I'm fine with that. If the other side can play politics then so can the pirate party.