Piratbyrån

Piratbyrån ( pronunciation / i;? Ger " The Pirate Bureau") was founded in 2003, Swedish organization that was established to support the individual against copyright and intellectual property by swapping information and cultural aspects. Piratbyrån himself was not involved in illegal activities, it was the organization about identifying the public a citizen-centered view of things in addition to the lobby groups.

The organization presented eg newsgroups and forums ready, which dealt mainly with file sharing, intellectual property, software piracy and digital culture, and arranged events such as lectures and an annual " May- day" demonstration. In 2005, she published an anthology entitled " Copy Me" ( Kopimi ), which selected texts, especially their website included.

Piratbyrån talked to many European anti - copyright organizations contacts, including members were always welcome guest speakers at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin.

Members of the Piratbyrån founded in November 2003 the BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay in Sweden. The BitTorrent tracker now works independent of Piratbyrån, however, a number members are active administrators of The Pirate Bay.

Seizure in May 2006

On 31 May 2006, were confiscated during the police action against The Pirate Bay, and the server of Piratbyrån. Upon the seizure took place on 3 June, a demonstration in Stockholm, where representatives of the Piratbyrån and other organizations, and parties made ​​speeches which were directed primarily against the Swedish government.