2014 December | PirateTimes – Part 2
PPAU Translates Landmark Pirate Bay Case
In late August 2014 I was working on a submission to the Australian Government’s Online Copyright Infringement discussion paper. The Government was canvassing new measures to “tackle” the “problem” of online copyright infringement, and this was one of many opportunities for the…
Spain Adopts Repressive ‘Gag Law’
On Thursday, 11 December 2014, the Spanish congress approved a devastating new law that limits many civil rights in the country. The “law on protection of public safety” (Ley Orgánica de protección de la seguridad ciudadana) has been dubbed the ‘Gag…
The Pirate Bay blocked in France
On Thursday, 4 December 2014 the French ‘Tribunal de Grande Instance’ (TGI) in Paris issued a judgement ordering the four main French ISPs (namely Orange, SFR, Bouygues and Free) to block access to thepiratebay.se and about 80 proxies, redirects and…
Swedish Pirates Head Toward Election Without a Leader
The Swedish Pirate Party is going through exciting times. They just finished electing new board members when the leadership announced that they were not willing to continue in their roles at the end of the year. To top it all…
Greek Pirate Elected to Board of Athen’s Teacher Association
Last week “Pirates in Education” achieved another victory. They won a seat (out of a total of seven ) in the elections for the board of Athen’s Teacher Association “Aristotle”, the largest of the 2 teachers associations in Athens with nearly…
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Pirates Elected to Municipalities and Local Bodies [Pirate History]
We have already given you a list of Pirates who are representing voters in state, national and supranational parliaments and now we bring you those who are doing that same job in local bodies in towns and cities across many…
Dotcom to Sell-Out Digital Rights in US
The announcement of launching a US arm to ‘the Internet Party’ (by Mega founder Kim Dotcom) seems, on its face, quite good news. A rich, media-savvy person who understands technology getting into the US political scene to stir things up…
Leading Swedish Pirates Step Down
Ajöss och tack för fisken (Goodbye and thanks for the fish) said Anna Troberg, long standing Leader for the Pirate Party of Sweden, as she declared that she will not be available for a reelection for 2015 when her term…
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