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Icelandic Authorities Blocking PiratePad as “Hate-Speech” | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer January 5, 2013 March 6, 2021

Icelandic Authorities Blocking PiratePad as “Hate-Speech” January 5, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Icelandic Pirate Party has confirmed their suspicions that the Reykjavik City authorities are blocking access to one of the party’s collaboration platforms, namely PiratePad. Different versions of PiratePad are being used by several other Pirate Parties around the world. The city of Reykjavik uses content filtering software managed by the software giant Microsoft who have labelled PiratePad under the categories “hate-speech” and “computer crimes”. Libraries and schools are among the current institutions blocking access to PiratePad in Iceland. PPIS member Bjartur Thorlacius said: “This is just what we have noticed since before the recent …

Creator Koen De Voegt News Pirate Topic

Happy Public Domain Day! | PirateTimes

Koen De Voegt January 5, 2013 October 19, 2020

Happy Public Domain Day! January 5, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Topic On the first of January, the beginning of the new year is not the only thing to celebrate. 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. Some …

Creator Josef Ohlsson Collentine News

The Pirate Party World 2012, countries with Pirate Parties | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine January 1, 2013 October 19, 2020

The Pirate World 2012 January 24, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News EDIT: this information is out-dated and kept for historical reasons. Some changes have been made. The interactive map is accurate though. CC BY Pirate Times This is a summary of the Pirate Movement as it was at the end of 2012. Latest count on Pirate Parties in the world during 2012 = 63 Pirate Parties (registered 22, active 24, low activity 14, conflicting parties 3). The Pirate Movement is growing. This world map was created at the end of 2012 to give an overview on the pirate movement. As can be seen from …