The Pirate Party is a type of political party that focuses on issues such as reform of copyright and patent law, freedom of information, privacy and civil liberties on the internet. The first Pirate Party was founded in Sweden in 2006 by Rick Falkvinge, after a police raid on the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, and parties in other countries soon followed. The Swedish party won two seats in the European Parliament in 2009, and in Germany the party won seats in several regional parliaments in 2011 and 2012. Pirate Parties International was set up in 2010 to link the national parties. The Icelandic Pirate Party won a substantial share of the vote in the 2016 elections.
Before and after
- from 27 December 2005 to 15 April 2008Premiere of Ben 10
- 2006Founding of Pan-STARRS
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
- 2006Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- 2006Rise of Pirate Party
- 2006Event Horizon Telescope
- 2006Half of humanity lives in cities
- 4 January 2006Discovery of S/2006 S 1
- 4 January 2006Discovery of Kari
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- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
The era
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