“Compared to the ongoing developments in the information society the state is reacting very slow on changes. Austria and the rest of Europe are following a rather dangerous path in terms of privacy, copyright and patent systems. Being part o a large international network, the newly born Austrian Pirate Party stands for human rights in the digital era.”

What does the Pirate party want?

“Laws which are passing now and relate to IT are setting up our way in terms of cultural and constitutional development for the next decades. Europe is now on a rather direct way to becoming a surveillance state. We want to avert that! Monopolies and patents are preventing innovation, progress, research and development - which Europe is needing desperately to continue to compete on an international level. Meanwhile the music industry is issuing tons of lawsuits which affect mainly young people and children. We demand the industry to stop making whole parts of the Austrian people to criminals!”

Pirate Party Austria