Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp | PirateTimes

Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp February 28, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer The small seaside town of Otaki saw the first Pirate Camp held by the Pirate Party of New Zealand over the weekend of 21-23 February 2014. There were only a handful of Pirates in attendance but in spite of that or because of that quite a bit was achieved. The attendees decided […]

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2014 February | PirateTimes – Part 2

Battles for Democracy. Week 6 (Previously: News Digest) February 12, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic 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 February […]

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2014 February | PirateTimes

Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp February 28, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The small seaside town of Otaki saw the first Pirate Camp held by the Pirate Party of New Zealand over the weekend of 21-23 February 2014. There were only a handful of Pirates in attendance  but in spite of that… Battles for Democracy. Week 8 February 24, […]

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PPI’s Thinktwice Conference – AFK but Streamed Live | PirateTimes

PPI’s Thinktwice Conference – AFK but Streamed Live February 21, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish PPI’s first international conference, outside their annual meetings, has been named the “ThinkTwice” conference and will take place this weekend (21-22 February) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The motto of the conference is “Away from Keyboard” […]

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Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections | PirateTimes

Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections February 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base for the Polish Pirates’ programme will be the Common European Elections Programme (CEEP), that is being adopted by most European Pirate parties. The pirate candidate in the Warsaw district, Zbigniew Łukasiak, […]

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General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party | PirateTimes

General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party February 16, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The 1-2 February 2014 was the General Assembly of Pirate Party Norway (PPNO). They made use of a few different digital tools to run their general assembly. The entire meeting was live-streamed on youtube (day 1 and day 2 enabling people to […]

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Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship | PirateTimes

Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship February 19, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview This post is also available in: Spanish A bill that imposes censorship on the internet has brought great turmoil in the Turkish society. Thousands of people keep on demonstrating in the squares of the country, requesting its withdrawal and even cope with the forces […]

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Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 | PirateTimes

Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 February 14, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In January 2014 we had 30 things flattred by 14 unique users. In total we were flattred 64 times last month and received Euro 14.56 in support for our work. Our investment in a translation plugin has started being used to translate our website into […]

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PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith election | PirateTimes

PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith by-election with 1.5% February 13, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election This post is also available in: French This past Saturday, 8 February 2014, there was a by-election for the House of Representatives in the electorate of Griffith in Australia. The Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) managed to place fourth out of the […]

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Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty – Pirate Times

Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty Posted: 2014-02-10/Under: Learning (tips&tricks) Computer constructionDuh CasalinuxMatjaž Ugovše Usually we link the word poverty with lack of food, water, clothing and dwelling. But in the age of digital communication, the lack of a connection to internet or even computer can lead to digital poverty. Being in digital poverty can also lead to a lack of above […]

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