Today, Entertainment and Film Service Voddler (www.voddler.com) already has more than 600, 000 registered users, but up until now a personal invitation or "invite" was necessary to gain access to the service.

ENGADGET: Voddler video-on-demand service free to the people (of Sweden)

But outsiders have to have an invitation before they can witness an election, and governments usually like to invite them only to the last few days of an electoral contest.

ECONOMIST: Seeing that it��s all fair and above board