Al Jazeera writes about the German elections in which the German Pirate Party takes part, and interview Anton Nordenfur from the Swedish Piratpartiet about the history of the movement. ”The world’s first Pirate Party, founded in Sweden in 2006, called for liberalising restrictive copyright and patent laws, greater direct democracy, and less government surveillance, says Anton Nordenfur, a board member of the Swedish Pirate Party. Since then, about 50 Pirate parties focusing on these issues have been created around the world, but are most prominent… Läs mer