Germany's Pirate Party is making quite a breakthrough as well.
Their stances have impacted many of the smaller parties like the Green Party, and are causing them to change their own platforms to include views that favor pirates and people's rights to privacy and their freedom on the internet.
A lot of other places in Europe are a little more relaxed on the whole piracy thing as well, because a lot of them have realized just how little piracy really hurts the industries.
It's mainly a big deal in the US, in my opinion, because the Industries spend so much time and money lobbying and suing and whatnot to try and protect copyright, that it seems like such a big deal.