Protest in Berlin Against Death of Free Speech April 26, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News Bruno Kramm, leader of the Berlin branch of the Pirate Party of Germany, was arrested last Friday. Kramm now faces prosecution under section 103 of the German criminal code for ‘insulting’ Turkish President, Recep Erdoğan. Despite the pending prosecution he is already preparing… Piracy and Conferences in Istanbul: […]
Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a satirical poem by… Interview with a Turkish […]
Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a satirical poem by… German Pirate Party General […]
Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a satirical poem by… 1.500 European Local Authorities […]
Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a […]
International Day of Action Against DRM – May 3rd April 30, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Topic On Tuesday 3 May 2016, the world comes together to say “No!” to Digital Restrictions Management DefectivebyDesign.org is calling for a global day of action on 3 May to protest against DRM. Who are DefectivebyDesign.org? DefectivebyDesign.org is an international, participatory and grassroots campaign which unites a […]
Reda’s Report was Approved – A Turning Point for Copyright June 23, 2015 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament passed an amended version of Julia Reda’s copyright evaluation report on 17th June in Brussels. The committee’s non-legislative report, assessing the effects of the key piece of EU copyright law, was approved by 23 votes […]
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 […]
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 […]
Andrew McCallum: A New View on the Pirate Movement [Pirate Visions] May 22, 2015 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Topic, Pirate Vision This pirate vision comes from a new set of eyes, someone who recently became a pirate because of the visions we have. Andrew McCallum is a poet with a PhD in philosophy, in his own words “I’m a fat, middle-aged thinker and… Josef […]
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