Czech Pirate Party

Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana
Leader	Ivan Bartoš
Founded	June 17, 2009 (2009-06-17)
Headquarters	Zavadilova 1297/3, 160 00 Praha 6[1]
Ideology	Freedom of information, privacy, direct democracy[1]
International affiliation	Pirate Parties International
Website
http://www.ceskapiratskastrana.cz
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The Czech Pirate Party (Czech: Česká pirátská strana) is a political party in the Czech Republic, based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party. It registered at Czech Interior Ministry on June 17, 2009.^[2] During the first two days after launching their website in April, 1,800 people signed online petition for party registration.^[3] Czech law requires 1,000 signatures on paper petition for party registration. In the student elections, the Pirate Party received 7.7% of the vote.^[4]

The party participated in the general elections in May 2010,^[5] and received 0.8% of the vote.^[6]

According to a recent public poll published by Network Media Service, 40% of internet users in the Czech Republic download media (music and films); while among users aged under 30 years, it is 60%.^[2]

In December 2010, the party has launched its own national whistleblowing site similar to WikiLeaks called PirateLeaks.^[7] The site is intended as primary source for journalists. It is dedicated to both evidence of corruption in Czech government and public administration documents which should be publicly available according to law 106/1999 Sb. (Free Access to Information Act) but which the authorities refuse to disclose without formal request defined by the law.

Standing in a local senate election on 18–19 March 2011 in Kladno, they obtained 0.75% of the vote.^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Stanovy ČPS" (in Czech). Česká pirátská strana. 7 December 2009. http://www.ceskapiratskastrana.cz/pages/ceska-piratska-strana/stanovy-cps.php. Retrieved 2009-12-29. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Fišer, Miloslav (22 June 2009). "Česká pirátská strana má povolení ministerstva a chce do parlamentu" (in Czech). Novinky.cz. http://www.novinky.cz/internet-a-pc/171841-ceska-piratska-strana-ma-povoleni-ministerstva-a-chce-do-parlamentu.html. 
3. ^ Votrubová, Andrea (21 April 2009). "Čeští internetoví piráti zakládají politickou stranu" (in Czech). iDnes.cz. http://zpravy.idnes.cz/domaci.asp?c=A090421_160045_domaci_anv. 
4. ^ "Tschechien: Jugend vereint gegen Linksparteien". Wiener Zeitung. 21 May 2010. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/default.aspx?tabID=3861&alias=wzo&cob=494591. 
5. ^ "Czech Interior Ministry registers Czech Pirate Party". ČeskéNoviny.cz. Czech News Agency. 22 June 2009. http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/384074. 
6. ^ "Election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic held on 28 – 29 May 2010". Czech Statistical Office. 2010-05-30. http://www.election.cz/pls/ps2010/ps2?xjazyk=EN. Retrieved 2010-05-30. 
7. ^ "Czech Pirate Party launches new whistleblowing site". Deutsche Welle. 2010-12-29. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6376006,00.html. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
8. ^ http://wiki.pp-international.net/Main_Page PPI wiki

• I Česko už má svou stranu internetových pirátů at Lidovky.cz (Czech)

External links

• Česká pirátská strana official website (Czech)

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