Sweden Sees Boom In Legal Downloading

Quantos writes with word that in Sweden, in addition to a drop in traffic following the introduction of the IPRED anti-file sharing law, the country also saw a doubling of legal downloads. "The sale of music via the Internet and mobile phones has increased by 100 percent since the Swedish anti-file sharing IPRED law entered into force last week, according to digital content provider InProdicon. '...I don't know if this is only because of IPRED, but it is definitely a sign of a major change,' said managing director Klas Brännström. InProdicon provides half of the downloaded tunes in Sweden via several online and mobile music services." Meanwhile The Pirate Bay's anticipated VPN service has seen over 113,000 requests for beta invitations since late last month; 80% are from Sweden. Traffic numbers may begin to rise again once the service goes live.

Doubling... I guess

[retech]

While going from 18 to 36 legal sales is technically a doubling... I'm not sure I'd call it a boon.

I'm crushed

[NotQuiteReal]

Here, we are led to believe that Swedes are naturally a bunch of thieving leeches, only cowed by John Law.

I always thought they were all giant blond buxom women who gave excellent massages.

I am so disappointed.

Troll!

[Anonymous Coward]

Just because there are more people in Los Angeles county than the entire country of Sweden, don't think you'll get away with this blatant troll.

Wait a minute... aren't Trolls from Sweden? D'oh!

+1, Troll

[SEWilco]

Parent should be modded +1, Troll, but there seems to be some difficulty with that.

Re:I'm crushed

[aliquis]

Does it really matters if you get the massage from a blond buxom woman or a red bearded sweaty pirate?

In other news...

[pcolaman]

After sweeping porn and prostitution tax collection laws were passed, the legal purchase of properly documented strippers and prostitutes in Sweden increases by 75%. Officials have begun talks into other laws that can be passed to decrease syphilis, the plague, torn euros, smudged photos, and world hunger.

Doesn't matter

[symbolset]

They just gave the ??AA a budget for their lobbyists of "more is better". They've killed the Internet.

There's no way that group wouldn't neuter the Bill of Rights for that kind of money, and there's no way our elected representatives won't sell out. It's over. It's been nice knowing y'all.

In five years let's get together on I2:The guerrilla mesh WWAN.

Re:I'm crushed

[supernova_hq]

Depends if you're face up or face down.

Re:The VpN

[Anonymous Coward]

As somebody who used to be an anarchist warez kid, how do I land jobs in datacenters or big companies?