It is important to retain the right to privacy and the right to communicate freely via e-mail, telephone or letter. It should feel safe to use the internet. Therefore, the State should not to infringe on our privacy and hunt an entire generation. Internet should rather secure a balanced copyright system that allows people to take part in culture.
Unlike the parties in power in the EU and US today, we will not give our support to proposals that are designed to increase government interference in our private lives. We alone put copyright and patent law as the focus of our party.
Read our Policy OverviewOriginally in Swedish at Piratpartiet.se*, Translated by Brent Blazek
*NB: This site borrows heavily from the Swedish Pirate Party, piratpartiet.se. As the most active and politically relevant Pirate Party, Piratpartiet ideas and writings should be made available to the international community. The goals of this website are (1) translate piratpartiet.se into English and (2) provide our own original content on a broad international forum.
In a stunning victory, Sweden's Pirate Party secured 2 seats in the EU Parliament. The grass-roots effort had no government funding whatsoever, but managed to capture 7.1% of the Swedish vote. Christian Engström has been named Member of Parliament, while Amelia Andersdotter is a so-called shadow rep. Currently, the 7.1% gives the Pirate Party one seat, but upon the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, Sweden will gain two reps., one of whom shall be Amelia Andersdotter.
