tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2785378760635683060..comments2024-03-29T11:10:02.290+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Swedish Pirate Party wins EU parliament seatVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-85771562499941365872009-06-08T16:27:18.464+01:002009-06-08T16:27:18.464+01:00Last Anonymous: Could you please substantiate on w...Last Anonymous: Could you please substantiate on what grounds you base your allegation that the judge was biased?<br /><br />I agree with CS Clark: the whole appeal was designed not so much with the actual legal case, as with this election campaign in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-18216325188498407612009-06-08T13:53:22.149+01:002009-06-08T13:53:22.149+01:00the judge in the case was clearly biased. this is ...the judge in the case was clearly biased. this is what you get when you violate basic human rights. the swedish people did the right thing voting for the pirate party and voicing their unhappiness!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50430715452073452009-06-08T11:17:47.896+01:002009-06-08T11:17:47.896+01:00even though the Pirate Bay file-sharing website ha...<i>even though the Pirate Bay file-sharing website has no links with the political party.</i><br /><br />Not entirely true. According to wikipedia, 'A former board member of the Pirate Party was Mikael Viborg, who is also known as the legal advisor of the popular BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay.'<br /> <br />A cynic might suggest, given that it's possible voters were also influenced by the <i>shock</i> discovery, after the trial, of the judge's 'pro-copyright' links and the fact that there has been ongoing controversy, accusations of corruption and kowtowing to the US and so on, that the appeal process has been played out with more than the defendants' interests in mind.CS Clarknoreply@blogger.com