internet freedom is a subject very much in the headlines these days and synonymous with internet freedom increasingly is the word pirates it started with piracy and the idea that information on the internet could be copied and passed along sometimes without copyright but the issues involved with the reaction to this and governments trying to pass legislation to try and restrict access to the internet to do with piracy of course a lots of controversy and pirate posses have sprung up to try and promote the rights of internet freedom we are lucky enough to have with us the founder of the original pirate party here in sweden rick falkvinge thank you for joining us well thank you for having me on the show i appreciate it just recently we've been conveniently provided with three examples or a significant defeat it seems for the pirate movements a success and the future battle i'll start with bad news the defeat uname including pirate pirate bay here in sweden 