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On November 28th, the police conducted a raid on a suspected illegal
nightclub in Malmö. The official reason for the operation was that
they suspected the club, which arranged a punk concert that evening,
to sell alcoholic beverages without permission. And the police did
indeed find and seize some beer, wine, and booze there, as well as a
few other personal belongings that are not too surprising at a punk
concert (firecrackers, pepper spray, etc.) Details can be found in
the police's [http://www.polisen.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/Skane/okt-dec/Alkohol-och-slangbomber-beslagtogs-vid-tillslag-i-Malmo/ official press release]. 

So far, so unexciting. 

What the press release fails to mention is that the police also raided
the premises of another organisation that had nothing to do with the
nightclub, other than being located in the same building: the
hackerspace [http://forskningsavd.se/ Forskningsavdelningen]. 

Forskningsavdelningen is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace hackerspace] - a place for people with in
an interest in technology to share knowledge and work together. What
does this organisation, located on a different floor, have to do with
a suspected illegal club organised by a different organisation? Not much, it would seem.

Okay, so maybe it was bad luck that they were raided. Less than perfect intelligence on behalf of
the police. Embarrassing, but no big deal.

Except that the police actually confiscated six computers, a WiFi
router, and other valuable technical equipment from
Forskningsavdelningen - and now [http://sydsvenskan.se/malmo/article580236/Dataintrang-kan-ha-haft-Utkanten-som-bas.html want to raise charges] of "preparation
for Grand Theft" and "IT intrusion".

The grounds for the charge of preparation for Grand Theft is that the
equipment in the hackerspace included two key copying machines and a
collection of lock picking tools. According to the police, this
indicates that a burglary was planned. Similarly, the presence of a
"special antenna to receive wireless signals over long distance" is
used to justify the suspicion of IT intrusion.

All of these tools are perfectly legal to own and operate - unless of
course they are actually used for illegal purposes. A knife can be
used to cut a steak or to stab somebody. If I own a knife, does that
indicate that I am planning an assault? 

Owning an antenna - even a "special", modified antenna - does not
indicate an intention to commit a crime. It indicates an interest in
wireless transmission, and may in fact be the first prototype of
tomorrow's technology. 

What about lock picking? Same thing. Lock picking is a [http://toool.nl/Lockpicking sport] practised
by official clubs all over Europe. In addition to the edification of
their members, these clubs provide a valuable service to the public by
demonstrating the security flaws in common locks. Participation in
this sport is no more a preparation for burglary than sport shooting
is a preparation for murder.

We are deeply concerned by this disregard of the most basic legal
right - the presumption of innocence. We are worried by the fact that
the open, critical study of technology is used as grounds for accusing
innocent people. 

As members of the [http://metalab.at/wiki/Info_Folder Metalab], a hackerspace in Vienna, Austria, we
express our solidarity with our friends in Sweden. We join them in
demanding the return of all seized equipment and we sincerely hope
that this whole affair will turn out to be a misunderstanding rather
than an intentional interference with the rights of innocent
citizens. 

To restore the principle of legal certainty and avoid similar mistakes
in the future, we strongly recommend a full investigation of the raid
(its reasons and actual execution) as well as the legal grounds (or
lack thereof) of raising charges based on the possession of legal
equipment.

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