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The UK’s Data Emergency July 11, 2014 · by Ed · in Pirate Topic In a sudden move by the British Parliament, in response to April’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that the current Data Retention is unlawful and contravenes the European Convention of Human Rights, the leaders of the three main parties have this… About Ed Geraghty Ed is the Party Secretary for Pirate Party UK and has been active in the Pirate movement in various roles since 2009. Originally a programmer by trade, he now works as a Commodities Trader in central London.     The Day We Fight Back February 11, 2014 · by Ed · in Pirate …

Flattr Appreciation During June 2014, Euro 5.99 | PirateTimes

Flattr Appreciation During June 2014, Euro 5.99 July 10, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In June 2014 we had 36 things flattred by 8 unique users. In total we were flattred 46 times last month and received Euro 5.99 in support for our work. Eight supporters during the slow summer months. Hopefully flattrs will increase again when people come back from vacations. Our domain has been extended for another year and we keep paying our web server for the money we receive. Thanks for your continued support!  Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to give a small amount of money each month to …

Effective Pirating: Choose your Opponents Carefully | PirateTimes

Effective Pirating: Choose your Opponents Carefully July 7, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) With this article the Pirate Times will start a series that will help you to be effective in getting your point of view across to other Pirates. The first point is who not to enter into debate with. There are two types of people to be avoided. Fifth Columnists We are a serious threat to many entities that are making enormous profits and garnering unwarranted political power over governments and the net. There are state and private intelligence agencies that would like to see us destroyed or debilitated. They do not have a …

PPRU Member Missing After Arrest at Ukrainian Border | PirateTimes

PPRU Member Missing After Arrest at Ukrainian Border July 5, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News In their latest press release, the Pirate Party of Russia reported one of their members, Pavel Paramonov, missing after being arrested. Pavel tried to cross the Ukrainian border in the far east of the Ukraine on 31 May 2014. Since then he has not been heard from. While attempting to cross the Ukrainian border Pavel was traveling on his own business and not in the name of the Russian Pirate Party. Nevertheless, the Pirate Party of Russia is worried and is now making a Public Appeal drawing attention to the issue. …

Daniel Ebbert | | PirateTimes

PPRU Member Missing After Arrest at Ukrainian Border July 5, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News In their latest press release, the Pirate Party of Russia reported one of their members, Pavel Paramonov, missing after being arrested. Pavel tried to cross the Ukrainian border in the far east of the Ukraine on 31 May 2014. Since… About Daniel Ebbert I’m a pirate from Germany but I live in the Netherlands to study there when I’m not travelling, which happens quite often. I’m a member of the Pirate Party Germany since 2009 and of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands since 2012. Picture: CC-BY 3.0 Tobias M. …

Special General Assembly of the German Pirate Party | PirateTimes

Special General Assembly of the German Pirate Party June 29, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in General Assembly On the weekend of the 28-29 June 2014 the German Pirate Party held their second general assembly in 2014. It was a extraordinary general assembly which became necessary after three members of the previous board stepped down three months earlier. Therefore, the acting board of the German Pirate Party had to organize a extraordinary general assembly as soon as possible, so that a new board can be elected. Stefan Körner, new chairman of the Pirate Party of Germany – CC-BY-SA Leuchtfeuerfunk The newly elected team consists of:Chairman: Stefan KörnerTreasurer: Stefan BartelsPolitical …

Nominate Someone for the EFF Pioneer Award | PirateTimes

Nominate Someone for the EFF Pioneer Award June 27, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Every year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awards three or four Pioneer Awards to people or organisations who have “contributed substantially to the health, growth, accessibility, or freedom of computer-based communications.”  The nominations for this year’s awards close on midnight 2nd July 2014.  If you know of someone who meets these qualifications then rush to the nomination form. Your nominee can be any person, system or organisation that has contributed to the health, growth, accessibility, or freedom of computer-based communications and the contribution may be technical, social, economic, or cultural. The nominee can be …

German Federal General Assembly: A new board must be found | PirateTimes

German Federal General Assembly: A new board must be found June 26, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly This weekend 27-29 June 2014 the Pirates of Germany are being called to gather in the city of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt for a general assembly. Halle is situated near the old border between East and West Germany and this serves as an analogy for the divide that is unsettling the federal Party. In a previous article I analysed the crisis that led to half of the federal board resigning and the intention of the remaining members not to stand for reelection. The entire board must be replaced which can …

Jumping Ship: Pirates Cooperating with other Parties | PirateTimes

Jumping Ship: Pirates Cooperating with other Parties June 25, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Tips & Tricks In the recent EU elections we saw many Pirate Parties forming alliances with other parties in order to share resources and reach a larger demographic. The parties that were allied with were from varying political directions including libertarian, green and communist. However there has been another sort of alliance that has been happening somewhat under the radar. Individual Pirates who have been working with and for other Parties and NGOs with and without sanction from their own Pirate Parties. How should we react to these activities? Are they traitors or ambassadors? …

EuroDIG – dialogues on decisions made elsewhere? | PirateTimes

EuroDIG – dialogues on decisions made elsewhere? June 20, 2014 · by Patrick Schiffer · in Europe, Pirate Party News, Pirate Topic A Guest Post by Amelia Andersdotter EuroDIG is as always a vibrant place with many different nationalities coming together to discuss important topics for the future of internet governance. Unfortunately, many of the discussions coming up are displaced: the accountability and responsibility for deciding on important stakes for the internet community is just not present. EuroDIG 2014 was organised in Germany. This means a slight over-representation of Germans in the meeting, just as last year there was a slight over-representation of Portuguese people. While the issues of concern …

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