PPUK Bids Farewell to PPI [Guest Post] | PirateTimes

PPUK Bids Farewell to PPI [Guest Post] February 26, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is a guest post from Andy Halsall, Chief of Staff for the Pirate Party UK’s Leaders Office.  So long and thanks for all the fish. The rumour is true. No, not that I’m joining Facebook (a dastardly lie!), but the other one, alluded […]

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Pirate Visions: Dreaming of Pirate Cooperation | PirateTimes

[Pirate Visions] The Dream of True International Pirate Cooperation February 26, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Pirate Topics, Pirate Visions The future pirate movement needs more exchanges of ideas and material. Rok Andrée is a Slovenian pirate who has been involved in the international movement a long time and he sees a need for it to change. These articles are part of the weekly […]

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Online GA Back On As Parties Leave PPI | PirateTimes

Online GA back on as Parties Leave PPI [Poll] February 23, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In the followup to the events that led to the Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) leaving Pirate Parties International (PPI), the online GA, that the PPI board voted down, is now on again with an new agenda. Gone are the calls for reform to […]

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Hollywood Director Promotes Oscar Nominated Film with Torrent Download | PirateTimes

Hollywood Director Promotes Oscar Nominated Film with Torrent Download February 20, 2015 · by Lisa · in Editorial Opinion, Pirate Topic In 2002, a short film named Johnny Flynton was released. One of the comments on its IMDB page, titled ‘someone please distribute this film’ reads: “I was blown away. The performances, the cinematography, the writing were all great.” — Author: Brad H. Johnny Flynton […]

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The Australian Pirates Leave PPI | PirateTimes

The Australian Pirates Leave PPI February 15, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Australia has been unhappy with the structure functioning of Pirate Parties International for some time and after the PPAU membership gave their board the power to potentially leave international organisation at their last national conference. After making proposals to change the organisation’s statutes and […]

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Pirate Security Conference Held In Munich | PirateTimes

Pirate Security Conference Held in Munich February 12, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Europe, Pirate Party News On Saturday, 24 January 2015 the German Pirates held a conference on international security. You might wonder why Pirates should be interested in Security. The fact is that most of our rights are being  degraded in the name of increased security. The speeches and discussions have […]

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Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions] | PirateTimes

Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions] February 19, 2015 · by Jerry Weyer · in Pirate Visions Jerry Weyer points out that Pirates need to embrace their inner politician as they move from activism into politics. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate Visions’ from different prominent international pirates. We asked them to write as individuals and not in their official […]

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Internet Freedom Weekend – Glenn Greenwald to Sweden | PirateTimes

Internet Freedom Weekend – Glenn Greenwald to Sweden February 7, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic The first ever Internet Freedom Weekend is a three day event taking place in Gothenburg 5-7 March 2015. The event will focus mainly on ‘Internet Freedom’ but also discuss the related topics of ‘Making & Sharing’ and ‘Internet Activism’. The first two days will be […]

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New Snowden Documentary Censored Online February 3, 2015 · by Rachael Tackett · in Pirate Topic In January, a leaked copy of the film Citizenfour was posted online. Citizenfour details how Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents, which revealed a massive government surveillance program. Soon after the film appeared online, copies of the film started to disappear… PPI Takes Help from PPAU to Arrange Online GA […]

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Laura Poitras | PirateTimes

New Snowden Documentary Censored Online February 3, 2015 · by Rachael Tackett · in Pirate Topic In January, a leaked copy of the film Citizenfour was posted online. Citizenfour details how Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents, which revealed a massive government surveillance program. Soon after the film appeared online, copies of the film started to disappear… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign […]

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