by Panorama 23.02.2006
PIRATES IN LAND POLICY
They want to abolish copyright and legalize the exchange documentisulla of the network. Born in Stockholm on PiratPartiet. That elections will occur in September along with the Greens. It was an idea, but in 24 hours, the party of the pirates has become a reality. White screen of the computer on the first floor of the house of RickFalkvinge on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden, words flash in a window of a website. Rick hours are worked, is 1 January 2006. "The policy of aging, aging politicians. They do not understand what are the young," said Falkvinge, 34. In July 2002 the European Union has approved a law on data retention: all data on Internet use and all forms of communication that occur in the network can be detained by the authorities to the new rules antiterrorismo. A capo della commissione che ha votato la legge c'era l'attuale Ministro di Giustizia svedese Thomas Bodstrom."Vogliamo essere liberi. Non c'è censura, ma siamo controllati. Ogni nostra comunicazione è archiviata" protesta Falkvinge.
Lo schermo di Rick lampeggia. Quasi 18 ore di lavoro. Il sito è prontoper spingere un nuovo partito: il Piratpartiet. Obiettivi: "Aboliamo il copyright, garantiamo la privacy, legalizziamo il peer to peer".Tre punti.
Rick esce du casa, lascia il computer acceso e un annuncio: presenta il suo sito, il suo programma. "Servivano almeno 1500 firme autenticate per poter essere riconosciuti come partito". Quando torno a casa la finestra lampeggia. Ricorda Falkvinge: "There were cinquefirme" in 20 minutes. At midnight they were 20. The next morning they were 1378. And the phone rings.
the other end of the line drawing dell'Aftonbladet, the leading Swedish tabloid. "Hello Rick?". Falkvinge stops, does not understand. Remember: "I had not given anyone my number or my address. No one knew anything about me. I was an 'idea, a site. I can not find my number." Snorts, sighs. In the afternoon, the signatures were 2 000. Within days, the subscribers to the first party in the world conceived, born and raised on the network are now 300. Today there are 1039. The Sept. 17 vote in Sweden.
"But I hate politics." Rick's party in the elections which will be presented the new parliament. "We need the 4%". Within days a million people logged onto the site Piratpartiet. "We are pirates, we are not illegal." In Sweden, over 9 million people 1 million uses of peer to peer. Haring of files. Downloading data, documents, programs. In mid-January
Falkvinge calls him a friend. Sends him a link to an Arabic website. "Do not read anything," there was a picture, among the articles in Arabic. "It was me, unbelievable," he says. No office, no section, without a home. "We now work anywhere. All we need is a computer. I do not have the money to pay for a checking account."
Rick did not know any of his new party colleagues. Rickard did not know, Mika, Cecilia. Falkvinge does not like politics. "But we must make ourselves heard." In the last election voted liberal, OlleSchmidt. Now the network of pirates is widening. Even in Norway and Poland. "And I hate meetings. Can not stand it for more than 10 minutes. Imagine in Parliament: there are only meetings."
On 3 February, Gron Ungdom, the youth green Swedish (currently inParlamento), contacted the new party. Anticipate Falkvinge: "We stand with them." Themes: the environment in the eighties, today the Internet, privacy. "Now we are there. Silottava against Before DDT, or Freon. Today, the culture, knowledge. More and freedom, a freedom different. And 'privacy, and Internet."
Sembrano politici virtuali ma potrebbero finire nel parlamento svedese.
Claudio Cerasa
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