Ludovic LeforestierA typical non-Swedish, non-Somali, yet non-threatening piratePirates come in all shapes and sizes. There are the ones with hooks for hands, the Somali ones who rob ships, the ones Dave Eggers likes, and, apparently, the ones who want to make file swapping easy and legal. The latter breed hails from Sweden, where the Pirate Party gained a seat on European Parliament in a recent election. According to CBC News, the Pirates gained popularity on a platform of "reduc[ing] governmen