Swedish Pirate Party launches ISP to raise funds for its impending shutdown trial

As a fan of Swedish electoral politics, you're obviously aware that the Pirate Party (or "Piratpartiet") has been bedeviling officials in that Nordic country since 2006, doing crazy things like hosting the Pirate Bay's servers and launching the Relakks commercial darknet -- all the while flying the flag for privacy rights, copyright reform, and state transparency. And now? Northern Lights TV has recently posted an interview with Gustav Snipe, CEO of Pirate ISP, the party's very own service provider. How long can an ISP that refuses to monitor traffic or keep user logs keep the Swedish government at bay? We'll probably find out soon enough: it's already providing beta access in Lund, with plans to go nationwide at the end of the summer. Video after the break.

[OneBaldMan Posted Jul 22nd 2010 11:43AM]

Do what you want ‘cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!

[nparikh1982 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 12:09PM]

That girl looks like she is about to punch the kid in the blue shirt.

[John52 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 5:14PM]

@nparikh1982

Maybe he tried to steal her booty?

[Jigielnik Posted Jul 22nd 2010 12:25PM]

your a crook captain hook, judge wont you throw the book at the pirate!

[goldman60 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 2:03PM]

Taking bets on how long the Pirate bay has to live. Do I hear one year? anyone?

[jdharm Posted Jul 22nd 2010 2:19PM]

Heh. Nice headline; first chuckle of the day.

[Scott2013 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 4:51PM]

@NCase
http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf

[creiij Posted Jul 23rd 2010 12:21AM]

Well my ISP, Banhof, here in Sweden have never taken logs from my internet using and nor will they ever do so. Go Sweden =)

[NRLItv Posted Jul 25th 2010 11:39PM]

PIRATEisp Captain Attacks me with live turtle during interview 2 days ago.

http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/45p3