2013 January | PirateTimes – Part 2
Copyright campaign against LEGO
As a result of an election spot used by the Czech Pirate Party the party found themself confronted with a preliminary injunction to take this spot down. While they are waiting for the court ruling they started a campaign against LEGO.
The Pirate Party of Russia Refused Registration Again
The Russian Ministry of Justice had refused to register PPRU again. Because “using in the name the word “pirate” that allegedly does not conform to the party’s goals and objectives “. The Russian Pirates see this decision as being politically motivated and a delaying tactic as the legal justification is riddled with errors and inconsistencies.
Global Internet Surveillance – all for the protection of copyright?
In December, the ITU “World Conference on International Telecommunications” was held in Dubai. The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, having over 190 states as members. Numerous controversial proposals find their way onto its desk.
Pirate Party Russia hosts upcoming PPI Assembly
The upcoming General Assembly of Pirate Party International (PPI) will be held in Kazan, Russia. So decided the PPI board on January 8 2013. The conference will be held in a weekend in April and will be the first one held outside of the European Union.
Network neutrality: a French ISP attacks advertising
In a recent update to the firmware of its set-top box, the French ISP Free provides an add blocker. It is still in beta, but activated by default. By filtering advertisement without informing its users, it poses another threat to network neutrality. If this ad blocker is kept activated by default, the next step could be to make it mandatory, or to extend it to other contents and charge for its deactivation.
Happy Public Domain Day!
The first of January is also known as “Public Domain Day”. Due to the expiration of copyright protection terms on works produced by authors who died several decades earlier, thousands of works enter the public domain on this date. Although we Pirates think the current terms of copyright protection are exuberant, it’s still worth taking a look a some of these old works that now become a freely available part of our shared world heritage.
Icelandic Authorities Blocking PiratePad as “Hate-Speech”
The Icelandic Pirate Party has confirmed its suspicions that Reykjavik City authorities are blocking access to one of the party’s collaboration platforms, namely PiratePad. The city uses content filtering software managed by the software giant Microsoft who have labelled it under the categories “hate-speech” and “computer crimes”. Libraries and schools are among institutions blocking access to PiratePad.
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