Pirates in Germany

• Foundation: 10.09.2006 in Berlin

• Members:

• 30.000

• Chairman:

• Bernd Schlömer

Outlook:

-Some information

-Aims

-Actions

Information:

-The first Piratparty was the swedish Piratepartiet

(founded on 01.01 2006 by Rickard Falkvinge)

-The international organization takes place in Brussels

-Today in already 22 countrys there exist Pirate-parties

Aims:

• Common declaration of the parties’

goals at the conference of Pirate

Parties In Uppsala 2009

Central issues of the declaration are:

Aims:

- Reform of the copyright:- legalize private copys- the shortening of the safety time in

copyright- Prohibition from DRM technologys(Digital Rights Managment)-Decline of All-inclusive dues

Aims:

-Reform of the patent law:

-Boost of innovation

-Calling for an EU-study about the economic effect of the patent law

Aims:

- Strenthening of the civil rights through:

- Transparency in the work of the state- Fast and fair court procedures- Stronger freedom of opinion- Stronger right to communicate

anonym, on digital way, as well

Actions:

-Day against internet censorship (international)

-BTW 13: Our Work is valuable

(in whole Germany)

Euwikon:

-Discussion about the europe-, economy- and

sinancial policy of the Pirates (Frankfurt)