Pirate Party

Founded on 1 January 2006, the Pirate Party was launched in Sweden.

The Pirate Party's declaration of principles outlines their political positions relative to Swedish law. The current version is V 3.2. Their current principles include:

• Overall: "Promoting global legislation to facilitate the emerging information society"
• Copyright: "We claim that today's copyright system is unbalanced". Hence their position that file sharing (e.g. music) should be decriminalized.
• Patent: "Privatized monopolies are one of society's worst enemies." Hence their position that patents are obsolete and should be gradually done away with. Regarding patents on pharmaceuticals, the Pirate Party proposes increasing government support for R&D to make up for loss of private R&D if there were no patent protection for innovation.
• Personal Privacy: "All attempts to curtail these rights (e.g. privacy) must be questioned and met with powerful opposition." Hence their position that anti-terror laws nullify due process and run the risk of being used as repressive tools.

As of mid-2009, the Party had over 49,000 members, making it the third largest party in Sweden in terms of members. Since April 17 the Pirate Party has more than doubled in size, having over 50,000 members as of 1 August 2009, and is now the third largest political party in Sweden (member-wise, not speaking about seats in the parliament). Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in some 33 countries, inspired by the Swedish initiative. They cooperate through PP International. You can read more at www.thepirateparty.com

These are the currently existing Pirate Parties in the world:

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