Jon Thor Olafsson | | PirateTimes

The Future of Democracy Emerges in Iceland May 19, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Conference The crisis that knocked on Iceland’s door in 2008, turned out to be a “beneficial” fact for the country. It was beneficial because it abruptly and suddenly made Icelandic people question many things about politics and economics. Mainly, it made… Interview with a German Pirate Living in Iceland […]

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Talsinki Pirates – PPEE and PPFI to Extend Collaboration May 19, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly Tallin and Helsinki form a “twin city” with plans to build a tunnel under the Finnish Gulf under the codename ‘Talsinki’. The Pirates of the Finnish Gulf and Estonian Pirates have started collaborating on joint projects to foster extended collaboration between PPFI and PPEE under… [Live] European Parliament Election […]

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Democracy | PirateTimes

The Future of Democracy Emerges in Iceland May 19, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Conference The crisis that knocked on Iceland’s door in 2008, turned out to be a “beneficial” fact for the country. It was beneficial because it abruptly and suddenly made Icelandic people question many things about politics and economics. Mainly, it made… Winning Discussions: The Genetic Fallacy (Effective Pirating) June […]

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PPSE Removes More Than 500 Political Standpoints | | PirateTimes

PPSE Removes More Than 500 Political Standpoints May 18, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly Pirate Party Sweden (PPSE) just finished their general assembly (GA) meeting, which took place online over the past few weeks. PPSE elected their first democratically chosen leader together with a vice-leader and a party-secretary. The GA also took a large decision to remove 561 specific political […]

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The Swedish Government is the owner of thepiratebay.se | | PirateTimes

The Swedish Government is the owner of thepiratebay.se May 14, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic After a court-decision ThePirateBay.se and PirateBay.se has been forfeited to the Swedish government. This is the first time a domain name has been confiscated in Sweden on this level. There are no previous cases of states suing a registry for abetting criminal activity or breaching copyright […]

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The Pirate Bay | | PirateTimes

The Swedish Government is the owner of thepiratebay.se May 14, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic After a court-decision ThePirateBay.se and PirateBay.se has been forfeited to the Swedish government. This is the first time a domain name has been confiscated in Sweden on this level. There are no previous cases of states suing a registry for abetting… Pirate Party Norway Goes Around […]

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Court Case says that IP Addresses are Personal Data May 13, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Patrick Breyer from the Pirate Party Germany sued the German government for logging all visits to government websites (Case C-582/14). He believes that there should be a right to surf the Internet anonymously if wished. Website owners track user activity on… Julia Reda Wins […]

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Greek Pirates are back on the road and speed up May 9, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News April was a month of intense activity for the Pirate party of Greece. After a turbulent period with the party on the verge of disolving, Greek Pirates are not only back on the road but accelerating onto the highway. There… The Kiss Of […]

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Greek Pirates are back on the road and speed up May 9, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News April was a month of intense activity for the Pirate party of Greece. After a turbulent period with the party on the verge of disolving, Greek Pirates are not only back on the road but accelerating onto the highway. There… 1.500 European Local […]

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Scottish PEN Seek Reform of Law on Defamation | | PirateTimes

Scottish PEN Seek Reform of Law on Defamation May 8, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Topic Scottish PEN is working with a range of organisations to reform the legislation governing defamation in Scotland. As it stands, the existing legislation severely undermines freedom of expression, limiting the ability of media outlets, bloggers, social media users and civil society to share information in the public […]

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