Daniel Ebbert | PirateTimes – Part 2

The Pirate World 2013 February 23, 2013 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Movement as updated since the last post. Latest count of Pirate Parties in the world = 64 Pirate Parties (registered 23, active 27, low activity 11, conflicting parties 3). About Josef Ohlsson Collentine I’m a dual citizen (American/Swede) and try to integrate my reflections from a more […]

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Pilot project for International Pirate Partnerships Announced | PirateTimes

Pilot project for International Pirate Partnerships Announced February 22, 2013 · by Justus Römeth · in Pirate Party News The ConceptToday,  Friday 22 February 2013, the Pirates of St. Vith, in Belgium and the Pirates of Düsseldorf are starting the first  “grenzenlos Piraten-Partnerschaft” (border-less pirate partnership). The concept of partnerships, also called twinning, between two local Pirate groups in different geographical locations has existed for a few year between the Pirates in […]

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Italian Elections 24–25 February 2013 | PirateTimes

Italian Elections 24–25 February 2013 February 21, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Italian Pirates are not able to field leading candidates in the coming elections in Italy. As the elections have been called early PPIT was unable to muster the support needed to be able to run in time. Not wanting to just sit on the side lines and watch, they […]

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PPEU: Progress in Paris | PirateTimes

PPEU: Progress in Paris February 20, 2013 · by Loïc · in Conference During the first week-end of February, the Statutes Group of the PPEU project had a meeting in Paris. About thirty pirates from a dozen Pirate Parties were physically present, while others followed the debates remotely from Mumble. There was much to discuss, from the structure of the PPEU and even its own […]

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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 […]

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P-review | PirateTimes

P-review February 19, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News This is the first of a new feature in the Pirate Times.  A regular review of the what the Pirate Times brought you in the previous week from Monday to Sunday plus some things we did not cover and a look at events in the week ahead. The week in review 11- 17 February 2013 […]

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Iceland’s Pirate Party Leader Plans Risky Trip to USA | PirateTimes

Iceland’s Pirate Party Leader Plans Risky Trip to USA February 2, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News Into the Lion’s Den Pirate Party Iceland’s Birgitta Jónsdóttir will travel to the USA early in April 2013, at great risk to her own liberty, to bring attention to the fact that whistle blower Bradley Manning has been held for over 1000 days without […]

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Using Video in the Pirate Cause | PirateTimes

Using Video in the Pirate Cause January 30, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) It is becoming increasingly clear that one of the most effective ways to get the Pirate message across is by video. Pirat.cat Z  was the most watched video of any in the recent elections in Catalonia. This was produced by talented Pirates for a very little outlay. Another notable […]

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Mumble, hanging out and speaking with other pirates | PirateTimes

Mumble – The English Speaking Salon January 28, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) If there is one thing that facilitates communication between international Pirates it is the English language. Love it or hate it and despite the fact that the majority Pirate languages are German and Swedish, most collaborative activities are conducted in English. As the growing world-wide Pirate Movement expands […]

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Slovenia has net neutrality, but an Orwellian police state | PirateTimes

Slovenia enacted net neutrality, but almost made a step toward Orwellian police state January 26, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News These days Slovenia is under the pressure of constant protests against corrupt politicians and a government crisis which pushed everything else to the edge of media attention. Even the enactment of the Electronic Communication Act (ZEKom-1) which almost gave authorities […]

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