2015 February | PirateTimes
Romania Became More democratic. Pirates Allowed to Enter Elections
On Thursday, the Pirate Party of Romania (PPRO) won a court case against their government. The court decision removes the requirement of collecting signatures to register a political party. The news media in Romania (including prime-time shows on television) have reported on the…
Governments Covertly Fund Internet Freedom Activists
In September of 2012, a nonprofit from the Netherlands, Hivos, announced that it was launching a new fund called the Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP). The governments of the Netherlands, US, and UK created this new fund to “promote, secure, and advance…
![[Pirate Visions] The Dream of True International Pirate Cooperation](https://piratetimes.info/files/wp-uploads/news/2015/02/rok-andree-150x150.png)
[Pirate Visions] The Dream of True International Pirate Cooperation
The future pirate movement needs more exchanges of ideas and material. Rok Andrée is a Slovenian pirate who has been involved in the international movement a long time and he sees a need for it to change. These articles are part…
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PPUK Bids Farewell to PPI [Guest Post]
This post is a guest post from Andy Halsall, Chief of Staff for the Pirate Party UK’s Leaders Office. So long and thanks for all the fish. The rumour is true. No, not that I’m joining Facebook (a dastardly lie!),…
Correction: PPI has a Bank Account
In a recently published article about Pirate Parties International I reported that PPI does not have access to a bank account. This was in error. I am now very happy to learn that this is not the case and…
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Online GA back on as Parties Leave PPI [Poll]
In the followup to the events that led to the Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) leaving Pirate Parties International (PPI), the online GA, that the PPI board voted down, is now on again with an new agenda. Gone are the…
Hollywood Director Promotes Oscar Nominated Film with Torrent Download
In 2002, a short film named Johnny Flynton was released. One of the comments on its IMDB page, titled ‘someone please distribute this film’ reads: “I was blown away. The performances, the cinematography, the writing were all great.” — Author:…
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Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions]
Jerry Weyer points out that Pirates need to embrace their inner politician as they move from activism into politics. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate Visions’ from different prominent international pirates. We asked them to write as…
The Australian Pirates Leave PPI
The Pirate Party of Australia has been unhappy with the structure functioning of Pirate Parties International for some time and after the PPAU membership gave their board the power to potentially leave international organisation at their last national conference. After…
Pirate Security Conference Held in Munich
On Saturday, 24 January 2015 the German Pirates held a conference on international security. You might wonder why Pirates should be interested in Security. The fact is that most of our rights are being degraded in the name of increased…
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