Freedom not Fear! Protest for privacy | PirateTimes

Freedom not Fear! September 12, 2013 · by Zbigniew Łukasiak · in Pirate Party News The tragedy of September 11th, 2001 was used by the western governments as a pretext to rob us of our freedoms. To fight the terrorists the secret services of the USA and other countries were granted permission to further invade our privacy on a massive scale. Special laws were passed […]

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PP³ – Connecting the European Pirates Bottom-Up | PirateTimes

PP³ – Connecting the European Pirates Bottom-Up September 5, 2013 · by Zbigniew Łukasiak · in Pirate Party News From August 30 to September 1, Pirates from the three neighbouring countries Germany, Czech Republic and Poland met in Dresden for the first PP³ conference. As a real and productive surprise, Pirates from Austria and France also made the long trip to join the meeting. The […]

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Ethics of File Sharing – The Shallowness of Most Accusations | PirateTimes

Ethics of File Sharing – The Shallowness of Most Accusations September 4, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic Those who are open to others about their file sharing are keenly aware of the criticisms that are thrown at us, many times without much thought. Some of the more emotional accusations even equate us with pirates, a term that was easily adopted as […]

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New Zealand Just Got Saner Software Patent Laws | PirateTimes

New Zealand Just Got Saner Software Patent Laws September 2, 2013 · by Hugo Ferreira · in Pirate Topics After five years of debate and lobbying from major multinational software patent holders, some sanity has been brought into New Zealand’s software patent system. New Zealand has announced that they will no longer approve meritless software patents describing age old processes solely because they are now […]

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Hugo Ferreira | | PirateTimes

New Zealand Just Got Saner Software Patent Laws September 2, 2013 · by Hugo Ferreira · in Pirate Topic After five years of debate and lobbying from major multinational software patent holders, some sanity has been brought into New Zealand’s software patent system. New Zealand has announced that they will no longer approve meritless software patents describing age old… About Hugo Ferreira     News […]

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High Hopes for the German Pirates on Sunday’s Election | PirateTimes

High Hopes for the German Pirates on Sunday’s Election September 21, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election Sunday September 22, 2013 sees the federal elections for the German Pirate Party. Pirate Times sat down with candidate MP Felicitas Steinhoff to discuss these last few days before the election. “Two thirds of the  voters are still undecided, so it depends on how many people we can  […]

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2013 August | PirateTimes

Swedish Pirates Want to Send Minister of Justice to Mars August 29, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Young Pirates of Sweden has nominated the Swedish Minister of Justice, Beatrice Ask, to the Mars One project. They now hope that she will accept the nomination and leave Earth and politics behind her. The not-for-profit organisation Mars One… Copyright Preventing Public […]

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2013 August | PirateTimes – Part 2

Flattr Appreciation During July Euro 7.75 August 11, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In July we had 24 things flattred by 10 unique users. In total we were flattred 35 times last month and received Euro 7.75 in support for our work. This is the lowest amount so far but July has also… Young Pirates of Europe Has Been […]

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Swedish Pirates Want to Send Minister of Justice to Mars | PirateTimes

Swedish Pirates Want to Send Minister of Justice to Mars August 29, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Young Pirates of Sweden has nominated the Swedish Minister of Justice, Beatrice Ask, to the Mars One project. They now hope that she will accept the nomination and leave Earth and politics behind her. The not-for-profit organisation Mars One made great waves […]

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Young Pirates of Sweden to Hire “Election Admiral” | PirateTimes

Young Pirates of Sweden to Hire “Election Admiral” August 27, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Young Pirates of Sweden, the youth wing of the Swedish Pirate Party, recently announced that they will be hiring an “Election Admiral” for the upcoming election year of 2014. Next year there will be a “super election year” in Sweden, starting in May with […]

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