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This is news to me. Is there any publicly available evidence for this that I could read further on?
> Thomas Bodström was summoned to the meeting in the White House and knew what it would mean to disobey. Sanctions against trade between the U.S. and Sweden within the framework of the World Trade Organization. Sweden could become a new Cuba. This is news to me. Is there any publicly available evidence for this that I could read further on?
Cuba is barely Cuba anymore.
The world is full of states who thumb their noses at WTO IP principles. None of them are as a result embargoed by the US.
For those looking for a translation, Rickard Falkvinge (party leader for the Pirate Party) just commented on the post that he's going to translate it. I'll post it here when he's done.
Edit: Google translate link.
OT rant: I can't read these Google machine translations, language is not a collection of words, not even words + syntax, it's full of idioms and collocations and hidden associations and stylistically motivated violations of accepted conventions. Instead of a translator who knows both languages (and cultures) well, the translation is being made by a code that actually knows neither. What I mean is: translating is very…
Really? Is complaining about the translation the best comment you can make about this letter?
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Really? Is complaining about the translation the best comment you can make about this letter?
Agreed. Not constructive, bordering to whining. The alternatives are, expecting someone to translate it, expecting Sunde to write it in English to begin with, or or for it not to be posted in the first place. It is incredible what native English speakers have to put up with...
But when most of the world speaks your language, it looks like some people (I'm not generalizing here) are so used to expect english versions by default... that using tools like this feels bad.
Maybe some day, as our tools get better and better, this can be a thing of the past. Until then, if I can understand most of the text, it's not that bad.
For those looking for a translation, Rickard Falkvinge (party leader for the Pirate Party) just commented on the post that he's going to translate it. I'll post it here when he's done.
The response from the prosecutor got posted about an hour ago (just a quote from it): http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&... Edit: Google translate link.
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sunde#The_Pirate_Bay_Tria...