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In autumn 2006, several hundred young people joined forces to launch the Pirate Party in Germany.
The Pirate Party was founded in Sweden by the former software entrepreneur Rick Falkvinge on Jan. 1, 2006, to reform copyright and patent law and to strengthen online privacy. The party's profile rose after Swedish police officers raided the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay that May. By September of that year a German branch had formed.
The [German] Pirates are an offshoot of a party that emerged in Sweden six years ago to campaign for reform of copyright, free Internet downloads and more protection of personal data.