Pirate Party

Logo of the Pirate Party

Pirate Party is a label adopted by political parties in different countries. Pirate Parties support civil rights, direct democracy and participation, reform of copyright and patent law, free sharing of knowledge (Open Content), data privacy, transparency, freedom of information, free education, universal healthcare and a clear separation between church and state^{[citation needed]}. They advocate network neutrality and universal, unrestricted access to the Internet as indispensable conditions to some of this.

History

The Swedish Piratpartiet, founded on 1 January 2006 under the leadership of Rickard Falkvinge, was the first pirate party. The party's name was derived from Piratbyrån, an organization opposed to intellectual property. Members of Piratbyrån had previously founded the BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay.^[1] Piratbyrån is the Swedish version of the Danish organization PiratGruppen, so named because it was founded to oppose the lobbyism of the Danish anti-piracy group AntiPiratGruppen. The "pirate" label, which had been used by the media and film industries in campaigns against copyright infringement, is therefore a reappropriation of the word.^[2][3]

Parties in other countries, such as the Pirate Party of Austria (founded in July 2006) and the Pirate Party Germany (September 2006), were inspired by the Swedish example. In October 2006, Pirate Parties International was founded as an umbrella organization. In the European Parliament election of 2009 the Swedish Pirate Party received 7.1 percent of the votes, winning two seats and achieving the first major success of a Pirate Party in an election. The German Pirate Party managed to win 8.9 percent of the votes in the Berlin state election, 2011.^[4]

Historically, the ideals of the Pirate parties are partially based on groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Chaos Computer Club, representing the hacker culture and values centered around freedom of information and free exchange of knowledge.^{[citation needed]}

The Uppsala Declaration

At the 2009 conference of Pirate Parties International in Uppsala (Sweden), European Pirate Parties agreed on a common declaration of the parties' goals for the upcoming election of the European Parliament.^[5][6] Central issues of the declaration are:

• reform of copyright, exemption of non-commercial activity from copyright regulation, reduction of the duration of copyright protections; banning of DRM technologies, opposition to media or hardware levies;
• reform of patent law, particularly stating that patents on life (including patents on seeds and on genes) and software should not be allowed;
• strengthening civil rights, transparent government, speedy and fair trial and freedom of speech; expansion of the right to anonymity in communication.

International Organizations

  Officially registered pirate party

  Active, unregistered pirate party

  Discussed within PP-International

  No pirate party

Pirate Parties International

Pirate Parties International (PPI) is the umbrella organization of the national Pirate Parties. Since 2006 the organization exists as a loose union^[7] of the national parties. Since October 2009, PPI has the status of a non-governmental organization (Feitelijke vereniging) based in Belgium. The organization was officially founded at a conference from 16 to 18 April 2010 in Brussels, when the organization's statutes were adopted by the 22 national pirate parties represented at the event.^[8]

The PP International Foundation helps to establish of Pirate Parties around the world. It operates forums and mailing lists for communication between the national parties. The PPI is governed by a board, led by co-chairs Gregory Engels and Lola Voronina.

Pirates without Borders

Pirates Without Borders is an international association of pirates. Unlike PPI (which accepts only parties as voting members and organizations as observing members), Pirates Without Borders accept individuals as members. The PWB see themselves as a basis for international projects. Through global cooperation, they strive to reveal the impact of multinational trade agreements on all people on earth, and foster freedom and democracy.^[9] PWB originates from an independent committee for the coordination of Pirate Parties in German-speaking countries, known as DACHLuke (DACHL = Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Luxembourg).

Since the PPI Conference 2011 on 12-13/03/2011, PWB is an "observing member" of Pirate Parties International. The previously independent project "pirate streaming" has become a part of Pirates without Borders since 03/05/2011.

Parti Pirate Francophone

In Parti Pirate Francophone the French speaking Pirate Parties are organized. Current members are the pirates parties in Belgium, Ivory Coast, France, Canada and Switzerland.

National Pirate Parties

Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 40 countries,^[10] inspired by the Swedish initiative.

Country	Name	Domestic Registration status	Member of Pirate Parties International [11]	Elected
Austria	Piratenpartei Österreich[12]	Officially registered	Yes	No
	Piraten Partei Tirol	Officially registered	No	One city councillor [13]
Belgium	Pirate Party	Officially registered	Yes	No
Bulgaria	Piratska Partia/Пиратска Партия	Officially registered	Yes	No
Canada	Pirate Party of Canada / Parti Pirate du Canada	Officially registered[14]	Yes	No
Croatia	Pirate Party of Croatia / Piratska Stranka Hrvatske [15]	Officially registered [16]	Yes	No
Czech Republic	Česká pirátská strana	Officially registered	Yes	Three municipal councilors [17]
Denmark	Piratpartiet	Officially registered[18]	Yes	No
Estonia	Eesti Piraadipartei[19]	Officially registered	Applying for ordinary membership	No
Finland	Piraattipuolue	Officially registered[20]	Yes	No
France	Parti Pirate[21]	Officially registered	Yes	No
Germany	Piratenpartei Deutschland[22]	Officially registered	Yes	45 state parliament seats 163 city/municipal council seats[23]
	Breakdown of German Pirate Parties Name Domestic Registration status Member of Pirate Parties International Elected Young Pirates[24] Officially registered Observer Member No Piratenpartei Baden-Württemberg[25] Officially registered No 3 city/municipal council seats[23] Piratenpartei Bayern[26] Officially registered Observer Member 1 city/municipal council seats[23] Piratenpartei Berlin[27] Officially registered Applying for observer membership 15 state parliament seats[28] 51 city/municipal council seats[23] Piratenpartei Brandenburg[29] Officially registered No 2 city/municipal council seats[23] Piratenpartei Bremen[30] Officially registered No 5 city/municipal council seats[23] Piratenpartei Hamburg[31] Officially registered No No Piratenpartei Hessen[32] Officially registered Observer Member 33 city/municipal council seats[23] Piratenpartei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[33] Officially registered No No Piratenpartei Nordrhein-Westfalen Officially registered No 20 state parliament seats[23][34] Piratenpartei Niedersachsen[35] Officially registered Observer Member 59 city/municipal council seats[23][34] Piratenpartei Rheinland-Pfalz[33] Officially registered No No Piratenpartei Saarland[36] Officially registered No 4 state parliament seats[23][37] Piratenpartei Sachsen[38] Officially registered No No Piratenpartei Sachsen-Anhalt[39] Officially registered No No Piratenpartei Schleswig-Holstein[40] Officially registered No 6 state parliament seats[41] Piratenpartei Thüringen[42] Officially registered No No
Greece	Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας[43]	Officially registered[44]	Yes	No
Italy	Partito Pirata Italiano	Officially registered	Yes	No
Luxembourg	Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	Officially registered	Yes	No
The Netherlands	Piratenpartij Nederland	Officially registered	Yes	No
Spain	Partido Pirata	Officially registered	Yes	No
	Pirates de Catalunya	Officially registered	Yes[45]	Two municipal councilors
	Piratas de Galicia	Officially registered [46]	No	No
Sweden	Piratpartiet	Officially registered	No[47]	Two MEP
	Young Pirates Sweden	Officially registered	Applying for observer membership	No
Switzerland	Piratenpartei Schweiz	Officially registered	Yes	One city council seat[48]
Tunisia	Pirate Party of Tunisia[49]	Active but unregistered	Applying for ordinary membership	No
	Tunisian Pirate Party	Officially registered	No	No
United Kingdom	Pirate Party UK	Officially registered	Yes	No
Argentina	Partido Pirata Argentino[50]	Active but unregistered	No	No
Australia	Pirate Party Australia[51]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Belarus	Партия пиратов Беларуси[52]	Active but unregistered	Applying for ordinary membership	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Piratska Partija Bosna i Hercegovina / Пиратска Партија Босна и Херцеговина[53]	Active but unregistered	Applying for ordinary membership	No
Brazil	Partido Pirata do Brasil	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Chile	Partido Pirata de Chile	Active but unregistered	No	No
Cyprus	Pirate Party Cyprus	Active but unregistered	No	No
Ireland	Pirate Party Ireland / Páirtí Foghlaithe na hÉireann	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Kazakhstan	Қазақстан Қарақшылар Партиясы	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Latvia	Piratu Partija [54]	Active but unregistered	Applying for ordinary membership	No
Lithuania	Lietuvos Piratų Partija [55]	Active but unregistered	No	No
Mexico	Partido Pirata Mexicano	Active but unregistered	No	No
Morocco	Pirate Party of Morocco	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Nepal	Pirate Party Nepal	Eligible to register after gathering 10,000 signatures before national election[56]	No	No
New Zealand	Pirate Party of New Zealand	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
	Young Pirates New Zealand	Active but unregistered	No	No
Norway	Pirate Party of Norway	Active but unregistered[57][58]	N/A	N/A
Poland	Partia Piratów	Active but unregistered	No	No
Portugal	Partido Pirata Português	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Romania	Partidul Pirat România	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Russia	Пиратская партия России	Active, attempts registration[59]	Yes	No
Serbia	Piratska Partija Srbije[60]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No
Slovakia	Slovenská pirátska strana[61]	Active but unregistered	Applying for ordinary membership	No
Slovenia	Piratska stranka Slovenije[62][63][64][65]	Active, registered a Society, registering a political party	Yes	No
Turkey	Korsan Partisi	Active but unregistered	No	No
Ukraine	Pirate Party Of Ukraine / Піратська Партія України[66]	Active but unregistered	Applying for ordinary membership	No
United States	United States Pirate Party	Registered in Massachusetts, Florida, Oklahoma, and Oregon.	No	No
	Florida Pirate Party[67]	Officially registered[68]	Observer Member	No
	Maryland Pirate Party	Discussions on forming group	No	No
	Massachusetts Pirate Party	Officially registered[69]	No	No
	New York Pirate Party[70]	Active but unregistered	No	No
	Oklahoma Pirate Party	Officially registered	No	No
	Oregon Pirate Party[71]	Officially registered	No	No
Uruguay	Partido Pirata en Uruguay	Active but unregistered	No	No
	Pirates without Borders[72]	Officially registered	Observer Member	No
China	中国盗版党	Discussions on forming group[73][74][75]	N/A	N/A
Colombia	Partido Pirata Colombiano	Discussions on forming group[76]	N/A	N/A
Hungary	Magyar Kalózpárt	Under transformation from NGO to an official political party, worked together with Politics Can Be Different (LMP)][77]	N/A	Indirectly (LMP has 16 MPs in the Hungarian Parliament)
Israel	Pirate Party Israel	Discussions on forming group[78]	N/A	N/A
Peru	Partido Pirata de Perú	Letter of notification that party is forming[79]	N/A	N/A
South Korea	Pirate Party of South Korea	Discussions on forming group	N/A	N/A
Venezuela	Partido Pirata de Venezuela	Discussions on forming group[80]	N/A	N/A

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