Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties March 15, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic While dozens of Pirate Parties throughout the world agree on the most fundamental positions concerning copyright reform, patents, surveillance and government transparency, many parties have started broadening into other areas. These topics are sometimes more obvious extensions to the existing politics – open access, IT use in government, et cetera – but sometimes cover more controversial issues, often unique for each nation or region, and outlandish in the view of another party. Some of these “controversial issues” include drug regulation, education, health care, defense, environment, traditional left-right taxes and several other areas. Some …