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| Abbreviation | PPI |
| Formation | April 18, 2010 |
| Type | International nongovernmental organisation |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose/focus | Political |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Membership | Pirate parties and affiliated associations |
| Co-Chairmen | Samir Allioui / vacant |
| Main organ | General Assembly |
| Website | www.pp-international.net |
Pirate Parties International (PPI) is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.[1]
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[edit] Aims
The PPI statutes[2] give its purposes as:
to help establish, to support and promote, and to maintain communication and co-operation between pirate parties around the world.
The PPI also has goals of raising awareness of, spreading and unifying the pirate movement through coordination, information-sharing, and assisting in the foundation of new pirate parties.[2]
The party strives to reform laws regarding copyright and patents. The agenda also includes support for a strengthening of the right to privacy, both on the Internet and res extensa (physical life), and the transparency of state administration.[3]
[edit] History
The first Pirate party was the Swedish Piratpartiet, founded on January 1, 2006 by Rick Falkvinge. Other parties and groups were formed in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. In 2007, representatives of these parties met in Vienna, Austria to form an alliance and plan for the 2009 European Parliament elections.[4] Further conferences were held in 2008 in Berlin and Uppsala, the latter leading to the "Uppsala Declaration" of a basic platform for the elections.[5]
In September 2008, Andrew Norton (United States) was appointed as coordinator of the PPI collective. In August 2009 he stepped down[6] and passed the function of coordinator over to the "coreteam" led by Patrick Mächler and Samir Allioui.[7]
In 2009 the original Pirate Party won 7.1% of the vote [8] in Sweden's European Parliament elections and won two of Sweden's eighteen MEP seats inspired by a surge in membership following the trial and conviction of three members of the ideologically aligned Pirate Bay a year earlier. [9]
On 18 April 2010, the Pirate Parties International was formally founded in Brussels at the PPI Conference from April 16 to 18.[1]
On 17 January 2011, an activist of the Tunisian Pirate Party, Slim Amamou, was appointed Secretary of State of Youth and Sport[10][11][12] in the Tunisian government. On 25 May 2011, he resigned from his position, stating that once the country's democratic elections were planned, his mission would be over.[13]
In September 2011 in the Berlin state elections The Pirate Party won 8.9% of the vote and its first ever seats in a state parliament anywhere in the world.[14]
[edit] Structure
The PPI is governed by a board, led by two co-chairs.[15] Policy, govenance, and applications for membership are the responsibility of the PPI General Assembly which must convene at least once per year.[16]
| Date of election | Co-chairmen | Chief Administrative Officer | Chief Financial Officer | Board members |
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| April 18, 2010 | Gregory Engels, Jerry Weyer | Joachim Mönch | Nicolas Sahlqvist | Jakub Michálek, Bogomil Shopov, Aleksandar Blagojevic |
| March 13, 2011 | Samir Allioui, |
Lola Voronina | Patrick Mächler |
[edit] Pirate Party movement worldwide
An overview of all Pirate Parties around the world there on the "Pirate Party".
[edit] References
- ^ a b "The Pirate International is born". Presseurop. 2010-04-20. http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/234921-pirate-international-born. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ a b "Pirate Parties International Statutes" (PDF). Pirate Parties International. 2010-04-18. http://int.piratenpartei.de/wiki/images/a/a6/Statutes_of_the_Pirate_Parties_International.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ — Ledarredaktionen, Dagens Nyheter. "The Pirate Party | Piratpartiet". Piratpartiet.se. http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english. Retrieved 2009-06-08.[dead link]
- ^ Ben Jones (2007-06-09). "Pirates Gather at First International Pirate Party Conference". TorrentFreak. http://torrentfreak.com/pirates-gather-at-first-international-pirate-party-conference/. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- ^ "The Uppsala Declaration or European Pirate Parties Declaration of a basic platform for the European Parliamentary Election of 2009". Piratpartiet. 2008-07-02. http://www.piratpartiet.se/nyheter/european_pirate_platform_2009. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- ^ Norton, Andrew (2009-08-02). "Signing off". pp.int.general mailing list. http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2009-August/003775.html. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Patrick Mächler steps down - Jerry Weyer Steps up!". 2010. http://www.pp-international.net/node/467. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Swedish pirates capture EU seat". BBC News. BBC. 2008-06-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8089102.stm. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ Will Smale (2010-04-27). "Election: Can Pirate Party UK emulate Sweden success?". BBC News. BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8644834.stm. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "Turmoil in Tunisia: As it happened on Monday". BBC News. BBC. 2011-01-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/9363808.stm. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Arrested Pirate Party Member Becomes Tunisian State Secretary". TorrentFreak. 2011-01-17. http://torrentfreak.com/arrested-pirate-party-member-becomes-tunisian-minister-110117/. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Dissident blogger enters new Tunisian government". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 2011-01-18. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_625330.html. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Tunisian minster quits". The guardian. 2011-05-25. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/tunisian-dissident-blogger-minister-quits. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- ^ Wil Longbottom (2011-09-19). "Shiver me timbers! Pirate Party wins 15 seats in Berlin parliamentary elections". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039073/Pirate-Party-wins-15-seats-Berlin-parliamentary-elections.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ Pirate Parties International Statutes, Article XIII.
- ^ Pirate Parties International Statutes, Articles IX - XI.
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