The Pirate Parties are political incarnations of the freedom of expression movement, which seek to achieve their goals through the institutional political system and activism.
The name “Pirates” itself is a reclaim of the title that has been given by representatives of the music and film industry to Internet users with the aim of criminalizing positive behaviors such as exchange and cultural sharing to achieve a questionable deranged appropriation of copyright.
The name “Pirates” does not refer to any illegal activity.
International Pirate Party
Pirate Parties International (PPI) is an international non-profit non-governmental organization based in Brussels, Belgium. Established in 2010, it is a world organization for Pirate Parties, which currently represents members of 43 countries.
Nations
Since 2016 the PPI has been headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
In 2017, the Pirate Party International Headquarters (PPIHQ) is an NGO that is an advisory member of the United Nations Committee on Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC)
European Pirate Party
More than 20 national pirate parties are represented in the European Pirate Party, which coordinates activities at European level and maintains contacts with MEPs.