Swedish Pirate Party Finds Rough Seas After Verdict

From Ars Technica:

Membership in the Swedish Piratpartiet, or Pirate Party, has sunk to half its high of roughly 50,000 members in the year since the cofounders of BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay were found guilty of guilty of assisting copyright infringement. Membership has languished to roughly 25,000 registered members according to The Register, despite gaining official recognition in Sweden, Germany, and Canada. Though anti-Big Content sentiment hasn't universally subsided, it may be hard for the Pirate Party to sustain its initial political support. Membership surged last spring after the operators of The Pirate Bay were handed a guilty verdict by Swedish district court.