About 10% of Swedes freely swap music, games and films on their computers, one of the highest rates in the world.

BBC WORLD NEWS

In a large effort to rid the country of piracy, Sweden has banned the downloading of all copyrighted material from the Internet, meaning movies, music, and games.

Sweden is home to a large population of Internet pirates and experts doubt the law will modify what the pirates do — downloading and file sharing likely will still be rampant in Sweden.

It is estimated that about 900,000 Swedes download films, songs, and games frequently. Read the BBC World News article.