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Peter Sunde has announced he will run in the European Parliament elections next year. Sunde, the former spokesman for The Pirate Bay, will participate for the Finnish branch of the Pirate Party. Sunde has yet to sit out a prison sentence for his previous involvement with the infamous BitTorrent site but hopes to emulate the Swedish Pirate Party’s previous successes when they claimed seats for two MEPs.

After being convicted for his role in operating The Pirate Bay, former site spokesman Peter Sunde is required to serve a jail sentence, but rather than giving in he’s fighting to the bitter end. His battle, however, has just received another setback. Despite Sunde calling for a retrial on evidential issues and allegations of bias, Sweden’s Supreme Court has announced the rejection of his application. All hopes now lie with the EU Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

According to a tweet by F-Secure’s Chief Security Officer, Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij and former site spokesman Peter Sunde have reportedly been “stopped” in Bangkok. They were apparently on their way to give a talk at this year’s Hack in the Box Security Conference in Malaysia but never arrived. TorrentFreak has spoken with the duo and has discovered the reasons behind their no-show. Sunde says it’s “messy”.

Last week, an online petition was started supporting former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde’s request for a pardon from the Swedish government. However, in an interesting twist, the site is now polling its own users as to whether the petition should be removed on the basis it might be “offensive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.” Well, that all depends on who you ask, doesn’t it?

After being convicted for his role in operating The Pirate Bay, site co-founder Peter Sunde should soon serve eight month jail sentence in a Swedish prison. Serving this sentence would be a disgrace to the justice system and a personal disaster, says Sunde, who submitted an emotional plea for pardon to the Swedish authorities this week.

Two days ago I read the news that The Pirate Bay will probably be blocked in the UK. It was decided by the High Court, which funnily enough is not the first place where one would expect a court case to first appear. It seems to have been put on a fast track, which in itself raises questions and concerns.

Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde (Brokep) shares some thoughts on Flattr, Ikea, politics file-sharing and airplanes. Interviewed by Charbax at CeBIT. Sunde has been touring the world over the last years, flying from conference to conference to promote his new startup Flattr. Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde (Brokep) shares some thoughts on Flattr, Ikea, politics [...]