2014 February | PirateTimes – Part 2
Battles for Democracy. Week 6 (Previously: News Digest)
This post summarizes some of the battles we did not write about the past week. Towards a True Democracy – Citizens Abused Despite Pushback, Internet Freedom Deteriorates. The Freedom on the Net 2013 report summarizes the findings after the assessment…
The Day We Fight Back
Today, 11 February 2014, marks The Day We Fight Back, on a date chosen to coincide with the anniversary of Aaron Swartz‘s death and the two-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout which he helped organise. Groups including the EFF, Mozilla,…
Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty
But in the age of digital communication, the lack of a connection to internet or even computer can lead to digital poverty which can lead to lack of above mentioned things that are essential for survival, and to social exclusion.
A Reasonable Ruling: DRM Circumvention May Be Ok
The European Union Court of Justice has ruled against Nintendo recently, denying a ban on products which may be used to circumvent DRM measures.
News Digest. Week 5.
This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about.
Pirates nominate Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for Nobel peace prize
Representatives in the EU parliament from the Pirate Party of Sweden (Amelia Andersdotter and Christian Engström) as well as parliamentarians from the Pirate Party of Iceland (Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Jón Þór Ólafsson and Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson) have conjointly nominated the American…
Public Submissions to U.S. Special 301 IP report ends February 7
When Intellectual Property protection was pushed into trade rules, the U.S. created a unilateral policy of enforcement. Every year the U.S. Trade Representatives rate every country’s level of Intellectual Property protection, such as creating law to punish file sharing or making sure the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) gets its money.
GEMA is Blocking the Live Stream of the General Assembly for Pirate Party Norway
This weekend, on the 1-2 of February, the Pirate Party of Norway held their general assembly in Kristiansand, Norway. Being a transparent and modern political party they were providing online voting and a live-stream for people that wished to partake…
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