It's essentially the same thing, yeah. Although, I think the recent law in Sweden has a much harsher effect on the people living in Sweden than the Patriot Act has had on us. As Chruser said, businesses are leaving. Sweden is a small country, which means that it's a lot harder to just "hide in the crowd" of the traffic that's leaving the country. I also doubt that Sweden or its government has any desire to do this. I would guess that they've done this due to international pressure to deal with the piracy (from thepiratebay) happening in Sweden. Most likely it was our country, and most likely WE would be the ones sifting through the information being sent out of Sweden, rather than the Swedish government itself.