[mrkickling]

Will be interesting to see if this will influence the Swedish parliament reelection in march.

[eli]

Is Pirate Bay & file sharing really that big an issue among the general public in Sweden?

[johansch]

No, not really. The somewhat associated Pirate Party used to be a big thing here, but then the party was hijacked by a new leader who mostly seemed to care about LGBT issues. Said leader just resigned last week, and the Swedish Pirate Party is now in a reboot phase.

[A_COMPUTER]

Anna Troberg stepped down? I can't find documentation of this.

edit: found it.

http://piratetimes.net/leading-swedish-pirates-step-down/

[Joona]

I believe around the founding of the Swedish Pirate Party, they got a lot of attention (and votes) because of TPB being featured heavily in the news.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#2009

[sandstrom]

Swedes were early internet adopters, and at that time there were no other [online] means to get music and movies.

Among my friends, almost everyone use Spotify for music, and the paid-for streaming-services for movies/shows. File-sharing is too much hassle.

I still think people care about internet-freedoms though (surveillance, monitoring, etc).

[colechristensen]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#Politica...