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New Brazilian Law Strips Citizen’s Rights June 19, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Pirate Party News Marco Civil da Internet: Don’t Believe the Hype In 2012 a general director of Google was arrested in Brazil. Since then, this big corporation has invested millions of dollars in lobbying the Brazilian congress, political, academic institutions (like FGV, the Getúlio Vargas Foundation) and activist collectives influence the political process and laws for their benefit. Approved in 2014, the “Marco Civil da Internet” (Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet) decrees that web based business can not be held liable for user-generated content when responding promptly to requests from the government involving …

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Andrew Reitemeyer June 15, 2015 March 6, 2021

PPI Statute Reforms Proposal June 15, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Germany has tabled some amendments to make some important changes to the statutes of Pirate Parties International (PPI). The full wording of the amendments can be seen in the conference section of the PPI wiki. There are five changes being proposed: Admittance of MembersThis amendment will mean that a member of PPI no longer need to have “Pirate” in the name. This has caused legal problems for parties like PPRU and PPTW and it allows existing parties that wish to join with full membership privileges to do so without having …

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Show Notes and Podcast: The Order of the Pirate Unicorn Podcast 008 | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer June 10, 2015 March 6, 2021

Show Notes and Podcast: The Order of the Pirate Unicorn Podcast 008 June 10, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Podcast The Podcast for the Order of the Pirate Unicorn Mumble chat held on 7 June 2015 and recorded on 9 June. Out of four invited Icelanders two where able to to make it – this was done with the knowledge that due to locality, connections might be difficult. The situation is that the Pirate Party of Iceland has been doing very well in the polls recently and the Pirate Unicorn chatters held them to account for it. The Past They have been consistently polling between 8 to …

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Key TTIP vote postponed | PirateTimes

Andrew McCallum June 9, 2015 October 19, 2020

Key TTIP vote postponed June 9, 2015 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News An important vote on TTIP at the plenary session of the European Parliament, which was due to take place tomorrow morning (10 June 2015), has been delayed at the last minute. The reason offered is that there has been such a large number of amendments to the proposal that MEPs need more time to consider it. However, critics say that the postponement of the TTIP vote reflects just how controversial and contested this trade deal has become. Despite being under enormous pressure from corporate lobbyists, MEPs know that the people of Europe do not want the introduction …

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Pirate Teachers Stay Above SYRIZA’s Union Ballot In Athens’ “Aristotle” | PirateTimes

Stathis Leivaditis June 8, 2015 October 19, 2020

Pirate Teachers Stay Above SYRIZA’s Union Ballot In Athens’ “Aristotle” June 8, 2015 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Greek The most impressive thing about Pirates in Education is that in “Aristotle”, one of the largest associations of Athens’ teachers, for the 4th time in a row, they got more votes than than their colleagues in the union ballot supported by the governmental party of SYRIZA. The elections for the “Parliament of teachers”, the Representatives to the General Assembly of Greek Teachers’ Federation (DOE) consisted of more than 500 teachers, were held nationwide on 4 June 2015. Pirates in Education participated …

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Andrew Reitemeyer June 4, 2015 October 19, 2020

Show Notes and Podcast: The Order of the Pirate Unicorn Podcast 007 June 4, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Podcast The Podcast for the Order of the Pirate Unicorn Mumble chat held on 31 May 2015 and recorded on 3 June. An evening with Spanish Pirates Dario Castañé, local pirate politician in Barcelona and Lorena Müller-Nischt, chair of the Spanish… A report from the Argentinian Pirate Party GA January 16, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Pirate Party News Dear Pirates and Piratesses, I would like to share with you the outcome of the General Assembly of the Pirate Party of Argentina that took place on Friday …

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Show Notes and Podcast: The Order of the Pirate Unicorn Podcast 007 | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer June 4, 2015 March 6, 2021

Show Notes and Podcast: The Order of the Pirate Unicorn Podcast 007 June 4, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Podcasts The Podcast for the Order of the Pirate Unicorn Mumble chat held on 31 May 2015 and recorded on 3 June. An evening with Spanish Pirates Dario Castañé, local pirate politician in Barcelona and Lorena Müller-Nischt, chair of the Spanish Pirate Confederation, were our GuestsWe started on the Holographic Protests that were held outside the congress building earlier this year in anticipation of the gag laws that will come into effect on 1 July 2015 The Hologram Protests Some related twitter accountsHologramas Libres for the No …

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Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij Released from Prison | PirateTimes

Andrew McCallum June 4, 2015 October 19, 2020

Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij Released from Prison June 4, 2015 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Topic Fredrik Neij was released from prison in Skänninge, Sweden, on 1 June 2015, after serving two-thirds of a 10-month prison sentence for his involvement with Pirate Bay in enabling copyright infringement. Neij was instrumental in the operation of the Pirate Bay and was involved in the 2009 trial that saw him and fellow co-founders, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg (anakata), convicted of copyright offences. Sunde was released from prison in November 2014, after serving five months, while Warg is currently serving a 42-month prison sentence in Denmark for unrelated offences. …

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Josef Ohlsson Collentine June 3, 2015 October 19, 2020

Enjoy a Pirate Summer Vacation in Poland June 3, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Parties International is arranging a pirate summer in Piotrowice Nyskie, Poland. If you would like to spend your vacation with other Pirates on 31 July – 9 August 2015 in a beautiful location you have an excellent opportunity. The… Pirate Parties International GA 2015 Location Decided July 23, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly Although the exact dates have yet to be settled, the board of Pirate Parties International has confirmed the decision by their members to hold the 2015 General Assembly in Warsaw, Poland. The …

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How to Poke a Dragon: Call to Arms for the Fight for Copyright Reform | PirateTimes

Guest Author June 2, 2015 October 19, 2020

How to Poke a Dragon: Call to Arms for the Fight for Copyright Reform June 2, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion, Pirate Topic Now is time to stop bantering and unite forces to save the fight for copyright reform. Now is time to figure out whether we are a movement, or just people who like to play Jack Sparrow dress up. If we, the Pirates, will not stand up and support Julia Reda our only MEP, then the movement is dead. We are at a crucial point in the reformation of copyright. We are waging a war against the copyright lobbies and we need to be …