P-review March 18 – 24 2013
A regular review of some things that passed the Pirate Times by in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead.
PPEU: The Zagreb Summit
During the weekend of the 16 and 17 March 2013 the Pirate Party of Croatia (PP-HR) hosted a European Pirate conference. This is part of a process started on 15 April 2012 during the Pirate Parties International (PPI) annual General Assembly. The goal is to have a common election program and to coordinate cooperation between the different national Pirate Parties and their MEPs.
Polish Pirate Party started accepting membership requests
On Monday 18 of March 2013 the Polish Pirate Party (PP-PL) started accepting membership requests
Corporations should pay users for sharing their products
Editiorial: “Pirates”, in the sense corporations put it, have always existed and are all of us! Wrongly, everyone has made copies of his favourite music on cassettes and other storage media, because it was and is illegal. But how many beautiful moments have we experienced, by being “pirates” and copied music to liberate it everywhere, at homes of friends friend’s homes, in the car, at the office. It is something that people feel deeply inside them, the desire to share things with those they love.
P-review 18 March 2013
Pirate Times Review
A regular review of some things that passed the Pirate Times by in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead.
Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties
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.
Flattr Appreciation During February Euro 29.10
In February we had 41 things flattred by 20 unique users. We also received 10Eur in flattr donation from one person, THANKS. In total we were flattred 95 times this month and received Euro 22.40 (+9.50 in donation) in support for our work.
EuWiKon 2.0 – German Pirates push forward positions on Europe and the economy
Last weekend, 9-10 March 2013, about 80 Pirates of the German Pirate Party met in Frankfurt, Hesse to do a follow-up on last year’s successful conference on European and Economic Policy (or “EuWiKon”, as the German acronym goes). Just like last time, the event was organised by Pirates from the party’s working groups (WG) Economics, Europe and Monetary System.
Tips and Tricks: Placards
If you want to use placards as part of a campaign or to advertise an event then you should make plans well in advance. Here we consider placards of a size that can be put up by one or two people for a reasonable cost.
P-review 11 March 2013
A regular review of some things that passed the Pirate Times by in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead.
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