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Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 | PirateTimes

Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 February 14, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In January 2014 we had 30 things flattred by 14 unique users. In total we were flattred 64 times last month and received Euro 14.56 in support for our work. Our investment in a translation plugin has started being used to translate our website into French and Spanish. The official launch of our translations will happen soon when we will hopefully expand the translator teams and open a few more languages. Thanks for your continued support!   Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to give a small amount of money …

PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith election | PirateTimes

PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith by-election with 1.5% February 13, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election This post is also available in: French This past Saturday, 8 February 2014, there was a by-election for the House of Representatives in the electorate of Griffith in Australia. The Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) managed to place fourth out of the eleven candidates with 1.5% of the votes. With 1055 votes achieved it was a good first appearance by PPAU in this election. The results for PPAU were between 0.9% and 2.5% in all areas apart from Mount Gravatt East (0%) and West End (3.4%). On …

News Digest. Week 5 | PirateTimes

News Digest. Week 5. February 4, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about. Towards a True Democracy After three years of turmoil, Tunisia has the Arab world’s most progressive constitution. Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) has approved a new constitution which marks a milestone in the country’s democratic transition. With 200 votes in favour out of a possible 216, and with only four votes against, the constitution represents both a reassuring consensus among the political elites and an important demonstration that they recognise the crucial …

Pedro Gutierrez | PirateTimes – Part 3

News Digest. Week 5. February 4, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about. About Pedro Gutierrez The certainty that a World War on Democracy was going on and we, the people, were unaware of it was keeping me up at night. The fact, crystal clear now after Snowden’s revelations, that the new battlefield is your mobile, your laptop, your data and so, that every citizen (i.e. you) is being considered a target was inconceivable for me. And it became worse when I realized that most …

Chelsea Manning | | PirateTimes

Pirates nominate Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for Nobel peace prize February 3, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Party News Representatives in the EU parliament from the Pirate Party of Sweden (Amelia Andersdotter and Christian Engström) as well as parliamentarians from the Pirate Party of Iceland (Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Jón Þór Ólafsson and Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson) have conjointly nominated the American… Chelsea Manning’s First Birthday in Prison December 17, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic Today, 17 December 2013, Chelsea Manning is spending her birthday in prison, the first of a remaining thirty-five. In August this year, after three years of incarceration, she was …

Public Submissions to U.S. Special 301 IP report ends February 7 | PirateTimes

Public Submissions to U.S. Special 301 IP report ends February 7 February 3, 2014 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic What is Special 301? When Intellectual Property protection was pushed into trade rules, the U.S. created a unilateral policy of enforcement. Every year the U.S. Trade Representatives rate every country’s level of Intellectual Property protection, such as creating law to punish file sharing or making sure the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) gets its money. If a country is deemed to have weak enforcement, then the U.S. can pressure them to adjust with the threat of sanctions or removing what is known as “Generalized System of Preferences”, which …

Pirates nominate Manning and Snowden for Nobel peace prize | PirateTimes

Pirates nominate Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for Nobel peace prize February 3, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: French, Spanish Representatives in the EU parliament from the Pirate Party of Sweden (Amelia Andersdotter and Christian Engström) as well as parliamentarians from the Pirate Party of Iceland (Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Jón Þór Ólafsson and Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson) have conjointly nominated the American whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize. The 900.000 Euro endowed Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually since 1901 on December 10 in Oslo. It is awarded to those who have “done the most …

Michael Wartenbe | | PirateTimes

Public Submissions to U.S. Special 301 IP report ends February 7 February 3, 2014 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic When Intellectual Property protection was pushed into trade rules, the U.S. created a unilateral policy of enforcement. Every year the U.S. Trade Representatives rate every country’s level of Intellectual Property protection, such as creating law to punish file sharing or making sure the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) gets its money. About Michael Wartenbe I am a Florida native and member of the Florida Pirate Party. I currently live in Miami where I am working on a PhD in international Relations. I became interested in the Pirate …

La Fin de la Neutralité du Net n’est pas une Surprise | PirateTimes

La Fin de la Neutralité du Net n’est pas une Surprise janvier 31, 2014 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Amérique du Nord, Pirate Topic Cet article est également disponible en: Anglais Récemment la neutralité du net aux États-Unis pourrait avoir finalement rencontré un muravec la décision de la Cour d’appel fédérale de Washington d’abolir la capacité de la Federal Communications Commission (FCC) à faire respecter les règles antidiscriminatoires et d’antiblocage aux FAI. Le réseau a légitimement exprimé sa crainte et son anxiété sur le fait que les FAI ne manqueront pas d’exploiter cette opportunité d’augmenter leurs profits en limitant la vitesse des sites internets qui ne paient pas, réduisant …

2014 janvier | PirateTimes

La Fin de la Neutralité du Net n’est pas une Surprise janvier 31, 2014 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic Récemment la neutralité du net aux États-Unis pourrait avoir finalement rencontré un mur avec la décision de la Cour d’appel fédérale de Washington d’abolir la capacité de la Federal Communications Commission (FCC) à faire respecter les règles antidiscriminatoires et d’antiblocage… Le Parti Pirate Belge annonce ses têtes de listes flamandes pour les élections européennes janvier 24, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Actualités du Parti Pirate, Interviews Lors du weekend du 18 au 19 janvier, les pirates Belges, venant de tout le pays, sans distinction de …

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