Common Political Agenda Agreed by European Pirates in Athens November 10, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News by consensus , European Pirates adopted a common political agenda in Athens. “PPEU Athens 2013” will be remembered for the formulation of a first ever common Pirate programme. North Korea is the New Home For The Pirate Bay March 4, 2013 · by Andrew […]
14 Points Towards a Reformed Copyright and Culture November 2, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic This proposal of a copyright and culture reform was drafted by Philippe Aigrain, with contributions from Lionel Maurel and Silvère Mercier and was critically reviewed by the co-founders and staff of La Quadrature du Net. The proposal comes as a response to the ACTA rejection […]
Czech Pirates Treble Vote and Gain Significant Funding in 2013 Elections November 1, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czech Pirate Party is thanking voters who helped them treble their vote to 2.66% of the vote since the last elections in 2010. Czech Pirates Ready for Elections 25 to 26 October 2013 October 22, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election […]
Czech Pirates Treble Vote and Gain Significant Funding in 2013 Elections November 1, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czech Pirate Party is thanking voters who helped them to treble their vote from 42,323 votes, since the last elections in 2010, to 132,417 votes (2.66% of the total vote). They managed this on a budget of 250,00 Czech Koruna ( 9,700 Euro). Now the Pirates […]
Hungary on the way towards Orwell’s 1984? October 30, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic During the past few months the world has been focused on NSA snooping as well as the drama that surrounded Edward Snowden. This has caused some things, smaller in scope but equally vital for the privacy of people, to pass with little or no notice. One of […]
Flattr Appreciation During September Euro 17.75 October 16, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In September 2013 we had 46 things flattred by 19 unique users. In total we were flattred 99 times last month and received Euro 17.75 in support for our work. Activity went up all over: more things, users supporting us and flattrs. The amount received in […]
Local By-election in the UK. Pirate Candidate Gets 4.5% October 14, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election In the UK, a Manchester City council seat was vacated when Jim Battle resigned his job to take the job of Deputy Police Commissioner. This forced a by-election that took place Thursday 10 October 2013. The Pirate leader, Loz Kaye, was competing for the single […]
Spanish MP Gave Power to the People September 26, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Topic The roots of a democracy as it should be is giving the power to the people, and this was done recently by a Spanish Member of Parliament. Joan Baldovi, a Member of Parliament for the Greens (Compromís-Equo) was persuaded by members of a free software development group to […]
The Commissioner of Fundamental Rights Receives Signatures Against Surveillance September 25, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Party News Several thousand signatures collected at stopwatching.eu after recent privacy scandals were handed over last Thursday. The commissioner of fundamental rights was first hesitant to receive the collected signatures but after some convincing, her assistants accepted them for her. The signatures were a “call… About Koen De […]
The Plutocracy of Copyright Holders September 23, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Editorial Opinion The analogy that attacking piracy is a game of whac-a-mole appears to be quite a good one. Any effects to reduce piracy will be countered with new means of circumvention—if you hit a mole it reappears somewhere else. A good example is the United Kingdom’s blocking of torrent sites, […]
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