In what could be a serious blow to intellectual property rights, the Swedish Left Party has voted in favor of a motion calling for the legalization of sharing copyrighted files for personal use. They hold 22 seats in the Swedish parliament figure piracy akin to borrowing books from a public library. The votes were taken at the party's congress this weekend, where party members had to vote on a motion that would legalize the uploading and downloading of copyrighted material for personal use, as long as it is not for commercial purposes. The motion also stated that the various measures taken for trying to stop file sharing, such as big brother-like surveillance, or arbitrary sentences against individuals, are unacceptable.

The Pirate Bay established in Sweden, is also one of the reasons behind the motion.. "The farce that is the ongoing legal procedures against The Pirate Bay also shows how legal security is in risk of being compromised by those trying to enforce the current ban on file sharing," it read.

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