the pirate party we know pirate parties and europe are associated primarily with for aiding for freedom of information and against copyright laws but what is your broader vision of a society you will live to live in because as far as we understand today under the new more liberal laws you are getting ready to become a real political party in russia really we are of course a real political party with very wide program and now we are in for more concrete program of course but we have ideas about everything it has all parties all the real parties and our key idea is not this copyright our key idea is computer democracy and drawn in democracy we are for example in future against parliaments because we think that really all decision can be. real as in internet or titian so by ordinary little you believe that the internet really is capable of changing the way politics is done all the politics yes we are not a right margin we are not extreme a left party because we have some elements for example of socialist ideas of self management direct democracy economical democracy some ideas

the pirate party we know pirate parties in europe are associated primarily with fighting for freedom of information and against copyright laws but what is your broader vision of a society you will live to live in because as far as we understand today under the new more liberal laws you are getting ready to become a real political party in russia really we are of course a real political party with very wide program and now we are working for more concrete program of course but we have ideas about everything. has all parties know all the real parties and our key idea is not this copyright problem our key idea is computer democracy and democracy and we are for example in future against parliament because we think that really all decision can be. realized in internet so by all.

general pirates the pirate party we know pirate parties and europe are associated primarily with fighting for freedom of information and against copyright laws but what is your broader vision of a society you will live to live in because as far as we understand today under the new more liberal laws you are getting ready to become a real political party in russia really we are of course a real political party with very wide program and now we are working for more concrete program of course what we have ideas about everything. has all parties now .

don't distinguish between different parties the the moderate left of the right move the so so the pirate party is the only party the talks to people about something that they're interested in there and they're really calling for a real change something like what. if in this case maybe we would have majority but we have no majority majority of people don't like all the parties yes it is but we have normal georgia too even in germany you know so we really are all sectors all sector of waterless who really support this new point of view new topics of discussion and maybe it's not majority but it is a real daughters who are. i don't want to have some fun not only but they want a real new discussion only human should the russian president meeting with some members of your party among other people also the russian communication is through influential man in the field mr shargel if he visited one of your meetings where you gatherings we will do since where you went to to which extent according to your understanding is he sharing your it is very easy i think that. our states now have got a big lack of

the pirate party germany that's right and this is an annual meeting of a political party and all these people or i'm only it's eighteen thousand members across germany like me treat was tired of the mainstream and i was really disappointed in. all this the same way. the faces of. the firefighters are different one of its key differences apart from the style in general is a software system called liquid feedback allowing ordinary germans the opportunity to propose policies online the pirate stand for more transparency and freedom on the internet but when it comes to core issues like the economy and we don't have currently a stand on this crisis maybe we'll have the next federal convention but this wasn't a problem at the previous election for the berlin state problem a time when the port authority managed to win nearly ninety percent of the vote securing fifteen seats most people who act they say are just something something fresh to me like because many germans believe that politics are cross to this time as the big players struggle with big economic and political issues but part party

is facing here you see they're also facing a legal challenge coming from the pirate party according to torrent freak pirate parties from around the world are coming together to make a list of every person who's going to fail. by this rate a master list is going to be used to file an official complaint against the us and in an announcement they stated that the seizure of mega upload is on justifiable and is responsible for creating widespread damage they went on to say for this reason pirates of catalonia in collaboration with pirate parties international and other buyer parties have begun investigating these potential breaches of law and will facilitate submission of complaints against the us authorities in as many countries as possible to ensure a positive and just result so all eyes are on the f.b.i. the d.o.j. and the u.s. government in general to see what move they're going to make next with regards to make. we're going to make sure to keep you updated on all those developments. well once again the world had to hear that because she ations between the greek government and bondholde

have been shelved let's was blends together talk to rick full range the founder of the swedish pirate party rick thanks for being on r.t. as i just mentioned there the piracy bills on the whole we witnessed in way the internet campaign where sites like wikipedia went off in protest for twenty four hours it seemed to be effective nonetheless america's still going after file swappers with the same kind of vigorous drug smugglers and. what do you think about that. i mean any legislation must be founded in the public opinion of what's right and wrong when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition that something useful murder and genocide or not people sharing music and television for falls ok but i mean about how you dress it up it is kind of stealing as well isn't it getting movies and music for free surely the government's got to do something was not stealing you know if it weren't stealing we wouldn't need the copyright law in the first place property lords of price but anyway where we are is that this l

are crass to this time as the big players struggle with big economic and political issues the pirate party doesn't even have an official stance on the eurozone crisis or the arab spring nevertheless it continues gathering more supporters i mean a coincidence or an alarming signal stream politicians the free democrats party which is anger merkel's federal coalition porter is the first to feel the change of support from voters actually last. along with another four local volts across the country a mainstream politics is also losing attractiveness. because there's often too little distinction or distinctiveness between different parties from different fields or areas sometimes it's even difficult to tell the difference between conservative and social democrats experts see the part parties key success to use the internet as the new driving force changing politics similar to the we it was influenced by t.v. where half a century ago so unless the mainstream parties damped and change their tactics it minami to long before they could find themselves on the margins you're just going to have. german

well join me now is a member of germany's pirate party steven about who's written extensively about actor steve a very good evening you call actor a war created by hollywood executives they put the money into making the movies so why shouldn't activists stop the stealing is when i put back to you. well at least actor it was written by a hollywood boss also that's true the problem with actor is they negotiated in secret and that it's built by by by industry and not by politicians this is really a problem with the whole democratic process. left out it's as i said made in secret and this is a main problem with actor on the other hand of course we as a party do not believe in two electoral property. so we have really crops with. loss and treaties which protect very little properties steffen up we'll talk about that in a minute i just wanted to talk first though about why actors seems to be kind of under the radar a little bit i mean our correspondent in poland has seen the reaction there ok poland's reacting but of course it's not the only country that signed up to this why is actor not getti

s pirate party thank you very much for your input. well if you're minutes from now here in our to the euro's undergoes financial forensics in switzerland. the house and have nots gather in the swiss alps at the davos world economic forum to try to sort out the highs and lows of the global economy deeply in trouble and the future of the euro zone will have more coming up. in five names are cleared to run for russia's top job in march we'll tell you from winding up later on. we run can cut off its oil supplies to europe as early as next week in a rainy and m.p.'s signalled when they could flick the switch with part of them prepared to debate it on sunday is to preempt the e.u. embargo set to start in july which is designed to force iran into talks over its nuclear work tehran's repeatedly said in recent weeks that it's ready to do just that but the u.s. first wants to be wrong to prove its atomic program is peaceful nuclear inspectors are due there in the coming days syringe from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention

on a tide of disillusionment german voters wary of stale politics get on board a new idea the pirate party hello ten pm here in moscow you're watching live with me kevin zero in on our top story this hour the e.u. says it's agreed in principle to ban imports of a radian crude the sanctions could come into effect by the end of january unless iran back stand on its alleged nuclear weapons program to rand's responded to the sanctions with threats to block oil trade through the crucial strait of hormuz leading to a continued deadlock in the persian gulf american warships are also present in the region with a mission to prevent any hindrances of passage i spoke to john recently stop the war coalition who told me that western worries over iran's supposed nuclear ambitions of zero is just spin excuse to cartel iranian influence in the region. this isn't just about nuclear weapons if it were about nuclear weapons in the middle east then the united states would have a bone to pick with israel which is the only power in the middle east which.

. >> here in germany, and new pirate party has been talking with the press, stating that keeping government of people's private lives is a commitment, especially online. their message proved a strong draw in the capital berlin or the came from nowhere to garner almost 9% of the vote in last year's elections but today, party leaders at the want to keep up the momentum. >> berlin pose a political novice is taking stage, where old crows fly their trade. the pirates ready to take questions from the berlin press corps. they have only been represented in a german regional assembly for six months now. their image, fresh and different. but they still need to get used to a political regime. >> routine can be difficult if you are a prisoner to it and cannot think beyond it. i hope we never get to that point. >> in september 2011, the pirates got political shock waves by winning almost 97 of the bout in berlin's regional election. since then, party membership has doubled to almost 27. the poll that over 5% nationally. so far, they have been tackling issues like civil rights and internet freedom. their

as well rick for this he's founder of the swedish pirate party told me believes the anti-piracy bills being pushed through congress will violate basic human right. very concerned i mean any legislation must be founded in the public opinion of what's right and wrong when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition that something useful murder and genocide as this is such an abuse of power think is time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out just terrorists the corporate monopoly has come up with freedom of speech and given monopoly for the entertainment industry and the values that we achieved during the enlightenment freedom of expression freedom of speech as a politician it's obvious that the latter has precedence if a business cannot sustain this model in the face of civil liberties it's the business model of the business that house and change not all civil liberties. reading us news headlines around the world first internationa