Most of the coverage around the Pirate Bay trial is pretty polarised – the defendants are either heroic rebels sticking it to The Man, or dangerous pirates doing artists out of a living.However, The Register is wondering why nobody's mentioning that one of the four defendants, Carl Lundstrom, is also known for his support of far-right political parties in Sweden. Or, as The Register puts it, “one of the most notorious fascists in Europe”.The same article takes aim at Wired magazine's coverage of the trial, which is being written by a reporter who's a self-proclaimed “leading critic of intellectual property”.While Lundstrom's political views and links to The Pirate Bay are hardly secret – as a
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