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 […]
Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties March 15, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic While dozens of Pirate Parties throughout the world agree on the most fundamental positions concerning copyright reform, patents, surveillance and government transparency, many parties have started broadening into other areas. These topics are sometimes more obvious extensions to the existing politics – open access, IT use in government, […]
Sweden Pirate Party Threatened with Law Suit February 19, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News Today,19 February 2013, the Pirate Party of Sweden reported that it received a letter from the Rights Alliance on account of the party supplying The Pirate Bay with Internet access. In the letter, the Rights Alliance makes it clear that they intend to take legal actions against the Pirate Party and its […]
Swedish Young Pirates Confer on Mental Health and Labour Politics December 16, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Conference In mid-November 2012, around fifty Young Pirates came to the Swedish town of Norrköping for a two-day political conference with focus on mental health and labour market politics. Labour politics discussion, Young Pirates president Gustav Nipe speaking. CC BY-NC-SA Jonathan Rieder Lundkvist. The youth organization […]
Pirate Times wins the “Pirate Blogger of the Year” award December 15, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Inside Pirate Times On a recent event arranged by the East Sweden chapter of Young Pirates, Pirate Times has been awarded the “Pirate Blogger of the Year” prize. This news site launched at first in August this year, but has already reached a great number of […]
Pirate Lost Mayoral Election in Saarlouis, Germany September 30, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Election In Sunday’s mayoral election in Saarlouis, Germany, the Pirate candidate ended up with 3.2 % of the votes, losing to the incumbent mayor. Pirate candidate Thomas Brockmann.CC Thomas Brockmann. The Pirate candidate was Thomas Brockmann, 50, a freelance journalist who was seeking to bring more transparency and citizen participation […]
Portugal Declares File-Sharing for Personal Use Legal September 28, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic After the anti-piracy group ACAPOR reported IP addresses of 2,000 suspected file sharers, the Portuguese Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) has come to a somewhat surprising conclusion: not only will these file sharers not be prosecuted, but it seems that file sharing for personal use is not illegal in […]
PP Sweden Prepares for Important Member Meeting September 27, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in General Assembly Piratpartiet, The Swedish Pirate Party, is preparing for its yearly autumn member meeting. This time, the focus is on broadening the political agenda as well as electing six new board members. The meeting is set to start on October 1 and is held on the party website where […]
Introduction of the Norwegian Pirate Party August 21, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Interview Piratpartiet, the Norwegian Pirate Party, started up this July, after years as an inofficial group. They have already released a political platform, and are getting ready for next year’s national election. The Pirate Times had a sit-down with party spokesman Sturla Ellingvåg. We discussed the challenges so far, the […]
PP UK Sysadmin Wins OpenDNS Award August 19, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The OpenDNS SysAdmin Awards were just handed out. The awards are annually given out to: “elite network managers who persevere great challenges, oversee epic rollouts, hack creative work-arounds and manage limited budgets“ all without much appreciation. The winner this year, in the prestigious “Flying Solo” category, is […]
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