Hartmut Pilch

Hartmut Pilch (born 7 July 1963) is a German digital rights and far-right political activist, who works as a software developer and translator.

[1] In June 1999, acting on behalf of FFII, he co-founded the Eurolinux Alliance with Jean-Paul Smets of the Association francophone des utilisateurs de logiciels libres (AFUL).

[3] As president of the FFII, an organization that promotes software patent reform and digital freedom of speech, he oversaw an intense lobbying period aimed at EU agencies between 2000 and 2005.

[6] Along with the support of an extensive grassroots network, he lobbied and convinced the EP members to amend a directive proposal on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions (initially written by the European Commission).

[8][9] He addressed several Pegida rallies in Munich, including one on 7 September 2015 alongside Tatjana Festerling, where he criticised "Juncker’s and Merkel’s human rights dogmatism" and argued that the 2015 European migrant crisis was beyond Europe's responsibility.