I'm from Saarland (the state where the vote was last night), and i voted for the pirate party last night.
They are not an anti copyright group. It's true that they want to see modifications made to overly strict copyright laws and oppose treaties like ACTA, data retention laws, web censorship laws (all of which have been proposed in germany in the last years).
Their core demands are:
* Improve overly strict copyright laws
* Improve transparency of government (open data, foia , etc)
* Improve the educational system to take advantage of the internet and other "new media" in class.
* Improve citizen participation in government by having public votes on more issues
They are also about the only party that has some competence when it comes to computers, the internet, etc
So, as a web-centric citizen, it was easy for me to vote for them.
They are not an anti copyright group. It's true that they want to see modifications made to overly strict copyright laws and oppose treaties like ACTA, data retention laws, web censorship laws (all of which have been proposed in germany in the last years).
Their core demands are: * Improve overly strict copyright laws * Improve transparency of government (open data, foia , etc) * Improve the educational system to take advantage of the internet and other "new media" in class. * Improve citizen participation in government by having public votes on more issues
They are also about the only party that has some competence when it comes to computers, the internet, etc
So, as a web-centric citizen, it was easy for me to vote for them.