Anton Nordenfur
Anton Nordenfur

Swedish Pirates Want to Send Minister of Justice to Mars | PirateTimes

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 in media earlier this year when they started taking applications to create the first human settlement on Mars in 2023. 165 000 people have since applied for a one way ticket – most of them for their interest in science and exploration, but the Pirates …

Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties | PirateTimes

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, et cetera – but sometimes cover more controversial issues, often unique for each nation or region, and outlandish in the view of another party. Some of these “controversial issues” include drug regulation, education, health care, defense, environment, traditional left-right taxes and several other areas. Some …

Sweden Pirate Party Threatened with Law Suit | PirateTimes

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 representatives if the party does not shut down The Pirate Bay’s Internet access by February 26. The Pirate Party’s party leader, Anna Troberg, is upset over the threat: Anna Troberg – Wikimedia CC-BY-SA “The Pirate Party’s operations are legal, and legal operations should not be subject to …

Young Pirates Confer on Mental Health and Labour Politics | PirateTimes

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 Young Pirates Sweden annually arranges a political conference for its members, and in the past two years it has been held in the Louis de Geer conference hall in Norrköping in East Sweden. This year’s conference saw two themes: mental health, and labour market politics. …

Pirate Times Wins “Pirate Blogger of the Year” Award | PirateTimes

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 people, released big news to the Pirate community, and has brought all Pirate Parties closer together. The “Pirate Awards 2012” are a series of prizes handed out to Pirates and organisations that stood out in 2012. The most prestigious “Pirate of the Year” has been …

Pirate Lost Mayoral Election in Saarlouis, Germany | PirateTimes

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 to Saarlouis. Brockmann also suggested city projects for the citizens, such as a public swimming pool. Due to low funds, Brockmann’s campaign was much smaller than those of his opponents, costing about €1,000 in total. In comparison, Christian democrat candidate Marion Jost’s campaign cost €15,000, …

Portugal Declares File-Sharing for Personal Use Legal | PirateTimes

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 Portugal. The DIAP prosecutor argues that copyright should not restrict the “right to education, culture, and freedom in cyberspace”. While the report doesn’t specifically cover uploading original content, it is legal to both download and to share the content, for example via torrent seeding. Quoted …

PP Sweden Prepares for Important Member Meeting | PirateTimes

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 members can discuss and vote on the various topics. The autumn meeting is one of two annual, the other being the spring meeting, last held through April-May. Piratpartiet decided to broaden its politics after the general elections of 2010, and has now worked for almost …

Introduction of the Norwegian Pirate Party | PirateTimes

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 future, and thoughts about broadening their Pirate Party platform. Pirate Times: What are the most important topics for the Norwegian Pirate Party? What do you focus on, and where do you find you are most needed? Sturla Ellingvåg: We only started up this July and for now we …

PP UK Sysadmin Wins OpenDNS Award | PirateTimes

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 the UK Pirate Party‘s system administrator Steve Wilson. The SysAdmin Awards of 2012 are the sixth annual, and according to OpenDNS this year they received more than triple last year’s entries. Wilson and the other winners in respective categories are receiving custom made awards with built-in …

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